Preoperative erythropoietin within a patient blood management program decreases both blood transfusion and postoperative anemia: a prospective observational study.

CONCLUSIONS: Within a PBM, preoperative treatment of anemia with EPO decreased both the rate of blood transfusion and postoperative anemia. Further studies are necessary to confirm these results. PMID: 32681743 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32681743?dopt=Abstract

Source: Transfusion - July 17, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Biboulet P, Motais C, Pencole M, Karam O, Dangelser G, Smilevitch P, Maissiat G, Capdevila X, Bringuier S Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research