Determining optimal treatment to correct preoperative anemia and reduce perioperative allogeneic blood transfusions in cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

: Preoperative anemia management reduces red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and adverse outcomes, but how best to optimize the patient's hemoglobin (Hgb) before cardiac surgery remains unclear. We sought to determine the optimal treatment of anemia using iron and epoetin alfa before cardiac surgery.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - January 4, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: John K. Peel, Jacqueline Trudeau, Ruby Tano, Saudia Jadunandan, Jeannie Callum, Fuad Moussa, Yulia Lin Source Type: research