Blood transfusion requirements in femoral neck fracture

The blood transfusion requirements of a consecutive series of 249 unselecte d patients with femoral neck fracture were studied retrospectively. A total of 339 Units of blood were transfused (a mean of 1.36 Units per patient). Blood transfusion occurred in 132 patients (53.0%), with each receiving a m ean of 2.57 Units. Patients aged 80 years and above as a group were transfu sed significantly more blood than those aged less than 80 years: 1.64 vs 0. 94 Units, X-2 = 12.09, p < 0.001. Patients with intertrochanteric fractures were transfused significantly more blood than those with intracapsular fra ctures (1.74 vs 1.00 Units: X-2 = 13.4, p < 0.001). (C) 2000 Elsevier Scien ce Ltd. All rights reserved.