The patient is a 46 year old male with left hip pain, now worsening over the past year, unrelieved with conservative therapy. He had a history of congenital dysplasia of the hip, which was treated with osteotomy of the right hip in 1988, with good improvement. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY was also remarkable for sleep apnea and ALLERGIES included intravenous pyelogram dye and shrimp. MEDICATIONS ON ADMISSION were none. On 0 of May, the patient underwent left total hip replacement which he tolerated well with 400 cc of estimated blood loss. The patient was in stable condition for the entire hospital stay with postoperative hematocrit of 36.3, but dropped to 29 and the patient received 2 units of autologous blood. The patient was anticoagulated with Coumadin for a prothrombin time in the range of 14 to 16, and stabilized at a dose of 8 milligrams per night. At the last dose, his prothrombin time had gone up over 16 and he was changed to Coumadin 5 milligrams by mouth at hour of sleep. The patient started physical therapy on postoperative day #1 and made rapid progress. MEDICATIONS ON DISCHARGE included Coumadin for a full 6-week course, Percocet as needed. The patient will FOLLOW-UP with the Coumadin Program through this hospital and with Dr. Mcfadden in 5 weeks. CONDITION ON DISCHARGE was good.
Has this patient ever tried autologous blood
dropped to 29 and the patient received 2 units of autologous blood.