Iron supplementation for patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Iron administration has been evaluated in several randomized controlled trials for the potential of increasing baseline hemoglobin values and decreasing the incidence of red blood cell transfusion during cardiac surgery. We describe the protocol for a study aiming to evaluate the efficacy and safety of perioperative iron administration in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Methods

We will search MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and the Web of Science, from inception to Nov. 19, 2020, for randomized controlled trials in any language evaluating the perioperative administration of iron in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery; we will also include the first 50 results from Google Scholar. The primary outcome will be the incide

SUBMITTER: Cameron MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8191589 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature