The prevalence of pre-operative anaemia and an examination of its effect on transfusion practice between sexes: A multicentre retrospective study

Autor: Jennifer McElwain, Jennifer Kielty, David Hannon, Gloria Avalos, Andrew Smith, Aine McCarthy, Brendan Dineen
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 60:103101
ISSN: 1473-0502
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2021.103101
Popis: Pre-operative anaemia affects one third of patients presenting for surgery and is associated with increased peri-operative morbidity and mortality. Most studies on this subject make a distinction in acceptable haemoglobin level between sexes. We analysed data for patients undergoing major elective surgery, with pre-operative anaemia defined as haemoglobin
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