Role of preoperative intravenous iron therapy to correct anemia before major surgery: Study protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Elhenawy, Abdelsalam M ^a   Meyer, Steven R ^a   Bagshaw, Sean M ^a   MacArthur, Roderick G ^a   Carroll, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intravenous iron therapy; Major surgery; Preoperative anemia

Indexed keywords

IRON; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEALTH CARE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSFUSION RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ANEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84939146766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-015-0016-4     Document Type: Article

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