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Predictors of blood transfusion following total knee replacement at a tertiary care center in Central Saudi Arabia

Abdullah A. Al-Turki, Abdulaziz K. Al-Araifi, Bshaer A. Badakhan, Mohammed T. Al-Nazzawi, Suliman Alghnam and Abdulaziz S. Al-Turki
Saudi Medical Journal June 2017, 38 (6) 598-603; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.17475
Abdullah A. Al-Turki
From the Department of Orthopedics (Al-Turki AA, Al-Turki AS), National Guard Hospital, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alghnam), Riyadh, Ibn Sina National Medical College (Badakhan), Batterjee Medical College (Al-Nazzawi), Jeddah, College of Medicine (Al-Araifi), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz K. Al-Araifi
From the Department of Orthopedics (Al-Turki AA, Al-Turki AS), National Guard Hospital, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alghnam), Riyadh, Ibn Sina National Medical College (Badakhan), Batterjee Medical College (Al-Nazzawi), Jeddah, College of Medicine (Al-Araifi), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Bshaer A. Badakhan
From the Department of Orthopedics (Al-Turki AA, Al-Turki AS), National Guard Hospital, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alghnam), Riyadh, Ibn Sina National Medical College (Badakhan), Batterjee Medical College (Al-Nazzawi), Jeddah, College of Medicine (Al-Araifi), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed T. Al-Nazzawi
From the Department of Orthopedics (Al-Turki AA, Al-Turki AS), National Guard Hospital, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alghnam), Riyadh, Ibn Sina National Medical College (Badakhan), Batterjee Medical College (Al-Nazzawi), Jeddah, College of Medicine (Al-Araifi), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Suliman Alghnam
From the Department of Orthopedics (Al-Turki AA, Al-Turki AS), National Guard Hospital, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alghnam), Riyadh, Ibn Sina National Medical College (Badakhan), Batterjee Medical College (Al-Nazzawi), Jeddah, College of Medicine (Al-Araifi), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz S. Al-Turki
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2017, 38 (6) 598-603; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.6.17475

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Abdullah A. Al-Turki, Abdulaziz K. Al-Araifi, Bshaer A. Badakhan, Mohammed T. Al-Nazzawi, Suliman Alghnam, Abdulaziz S. Al-Turki
Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2017, 38 (6) 598-603; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.6.17475
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