Real-world results of the implementation of preoperative anaemia clinic with intravenous iron therapy for treating iron-deficiency anaemia: a propensity-matched case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preoperative anaemia is associated with blood transfusion and longer hospital length of stay. Preoperative iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) can be treated with oral or intravenous (IV) iron. IV iron can raise haemoglobin faster compared with oral iron. However, its ability to reduce blood transfusion and length of stay in clinical trials is inconclusive. This study aims to compare blood transfusion and hospital length of stay between anemic patients who received preoperative IV iron versus standard care, after implementation of a protocol in 2017 to screen patients for preoperative IDA, and its treatment with IV iron.

Methods

Retrospective before-after cohort study comparing 89 patients who received IV iron preoperatively in 2017, with historic patients who received

SUBMITTER: Abdullah HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7859766 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature