Meta-analysis of the association between preoperative anaemia and mortality after surgery.

CONCLUSION: Preoperative anaemia is associated with poor outcomes after surgery, although heterogeneity between studies was significant. It remains unclear whether anaemia is an independent risk factor for poor outcome or simply a marker of underlying chronic disease. However, red cell transfusion is much more frequent amongst anaemic patients. PMID: 26349842 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: The British Journal of Surgery - September 12, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Fowler AJ, Ahmad T, Phull MK, Allard S, Gillies MA, Pearse RM Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research