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