Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , January 2003

Blood transfusion requirements in elderly hip fracture patients

  • Abraham Adunsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic-Geriatric Medicine, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Medicine for the Elderly, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel. Fax: +972-3-5400402
    • ,
  • Anatolie Lichtenstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital, Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Eli Mizrahi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Marina Arad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic-Geriatric Medicine, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael Heim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel

Received 21 February 2002 ,Revised 18 July 2002 ,Accepted 20 July 2002.

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Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , January 2003

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