Preoperative intravenous iron before cardiac surgery: a prospective multicentre feasibility study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 243-250

  Klein, Andrew A ^a   Chau, Marisa ^b   Yeates, James A ^c,d   Collier, Timothy ^e   Evans, Caroline ^f   Agarwal, Seema ^g   Richards, Toby ^h  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^g Department of Anaesthesia ^*  (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

anaemia; cardiac surgery; haemoglobin; intravenous iron; iron deficiency; outcome; preoperative; transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; BLOOD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 85077356377     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.11.023     Document Type: Article

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