Iron deficiency is associated with higher mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 25-34

  Rössler, Julian ^a   Schoenrath, Felix ^b,c   Seifert, Burkhardt ^d   Kaserer, Alexander ^a   Spahn, Gabriela H ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^b,c,e,f   Spahn, Donat R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adverse events; anaemia; mortality; patient blood management; preoperative; surgical risk; transfusion

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; IRON;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; HEART DISEASE; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85073731069     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.09.016     Document Type: Article

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