Does anaemia impede functional mobility in patients after hip fracture surgery?
Anaemia is an independent risk factor for impaired functional mobility early after hip fracture surgery, suggesting a potential need to investigate liberal transfusion policies.
anaemia impedes functional mobility in the early post-operative phase after a hip fracture surgery and is an independent risk factor for patients not being able to walk post-operatively. The potential for a liberal transfusion policy to improve the rehabilitation potential in hip fracture patients with anaemia should be investigated.
Foss et al. (2008) studied this question.