Association of preoperative anaemia with postoperative morbidity and mortality: an observational cohort study in low-, middle-, and high-income countries

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1227-1235

  Fowler, A J ^a   Ahmad, T ^a   Abbott, T E F ^a,b   Torrance, H D ^a   Wouters, P F ^c   De Hert, S ^d   Lobo, S M ^e   Rasmussen, L S ^f   Della Rocca, G ^g   Beattie, W S ^h,i   Wijeysundera, D N ^i,j,k   Pearse, R M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine ^*  (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^k TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

anaemia; anaesthesia; outcome; perioperative care; postoperative complications; preoperative care; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYCYTHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COMPLICATION; INCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 85055501583     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.08.026     Document Type: Article

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