Pre-operative anaemia and myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: A retrospective study

BACKGROUND Pre-operative anaemia is associated with adverse outcomes of noncardiac surgery, but its association with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) has not been fully investigated. OBJECTIVE The association between pre-operative anaemia and MINS. DESIGN A single-centre retrospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary care referral centre. PATIENTS Patients with measured cardiac troponin (cTn) I levels after noncardiac surgery. INTERVENTIONS Patients were separated according to pre-operative anaemia (haemoglobin
Source: European Journal of Anaesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Perioperative risk management Source Type: research