PREPARE: the prevalence of perioperative anaemia and need for patient blood management in elective orthopaedic surgery: A multicentre, observational study

BACKGROUND: Patient blood management (PBM) can prevent preoperative anaemia, but little is known about practice in Europe. OBJECTIVE: To assess the pre and postoperative prevalence and perioperative management of anaemia in patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery in Europe. DESIGN: An observational study; data were collected from patient records via electronic case report forms. SETTING: Seventeen centres in six European countries. Centres were stratified according to whether they had a PBM programme or not. PATIENTS: One thousand five hundred and thirty-four patients undergoing major elective hip, knee or spine surgery [49.9% hip, 37.2% knee, 13.0% spine; age 64.0 years (range 18 to 80), 61.3% female]. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of preoperative (primary endpoint) and postoperative anaemia [haemoglobin (Hb)
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Perioperative medicine Source Type: research