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SUBMITTER: Huang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6131039 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang ZeYu Z Huang Cheng C Xie JinWei J Ma Jun J Cao GuoRui G Huang Qiang Q Shen Bin B Byers Kraus Virginia V Pei FuXing F
Transfusion 20180825 8
<h4>Background</h4>The aim of this study was to identify the predictors of need for allogenic blood transfusion (ALBT) in primary lower limb total joint arthroplasty (TJA).<h4>Study design and methods</h4>This study utilized a large dataset of 15,187 patients undergoing primary unilateral TJA. Risk factors and demographic information were extracted from the electronic health record. A predictive model was developed by both a random forest (RF) algorithm and logistic regression (LR). The area und ...[more]