Abstract:Objective To determine the factors affecting the adverse reactions to blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery, on the basis of which to develop a prediction model, so as to provide a reference for the risk assessment of adverse reactions to blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery.Methods From January 2019 to June 2022, sixty patients who underwent surgical treatment for fractures in our hospital with indications for blood transfusion and developed adverse reactions to blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery were prospectively included as the observation group. Another 60 patients undergoing surgery for fractures in need of blood transfusion in our hospital during the same period were included as the control group.Results The sex composition, age, the proportion of patients with a history of smoking, fracture patterns, the distribution of blood types, the type of blood products, the intraoperative blood volume, the intraoperative blood transfusion volume, body mass index, the medical history, the American Society of Anesthesiology score, and the levels of hemoglobin (Hb) and platelet count (PLT) were not different between the two groups (P >0.05). The proportions of patients with a history of blood transfusion and the allergic history, and the frequency of the time from bleeding to transfusion longer than 0.5 h in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P <0.05). The levels of eotaxin, C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in the observation group were higher than those in the control group (P <0.05). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that the area under the ROC curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity of TNF-α were the highest, with them being 0.900 (95% CI: 0.883, 0.915), 0.927 (95% CI: 0.685, 0.749), and 0.909 (95% CI: 0.629, 0.741), respectively. The multivariable Logistic regression analysis showed that the history of blood transfusion [O^R = 2.856 (95% CI: 1.185, 6.883) ], allergic history [O^R = 4.334 (95% CI: 1.423, 13.200) ], the time from bleeding to transfusion longer than 0.5 h [O^R = 3.020 (95% CI: 1.329, 6.863) ], CRP ≥ 12.980 mg/L [O^R = 4.699 (95% CI: 1.478, 14.94) ], eotaxin ≥ 93.512 pg/mL [O^R = 3.124 (95% CI: 1.171, 8.334) ], TNF-α ≥ 103.434 ng/mL [O^R = 2.983 (95% CI: 1.501, 5.928) ], ICAM-1 ≥ 225.901 ng/mL [O^R = 2.275 (95% CI: 1.210, 4.277) ] and MMP-9 ≥ 401.915 ng/mL [O^R = 3.962 (95% CI: 1.521, 10.32) ] were risk factors for adverse reactions to blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery (P < 0.05). According to the results of multivariable Logistic regression analysis, CRP, eotaxin, TNF-α, ICAM-1, and MMP-9 were included as variables in the prediction model Logit (P) = -32.180 + 1.547 × CRP + 1.139 × Eotaxin + 1.093 × TNF-α + 0.822 × ICAM-1 + 1.377 × MMP-9. The cutoff value of the prediction model was 31.764 for determining the adverse reactions to blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery, with the AUC being 0.937 (95% CI: 0.908, 0.967), the sensitivity being 0.942 (95% CI: 0.769, 0.901), and the specificity being 0.964 (95% CI: 0.776, 0.925), and the sensitivity of the prediction model was better than that of these indicators detected alone.Conclusions CRP, eotaxin, TNF-α, ICAM-1 and MMP-9 are associated with adverse reactions to blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery. Therefore, these factors could be established as red flags for the orthopedic surgery and be targeted to reduce the risk of adverse reactions to blood transfusion during orthopedic surgery.