Effect of anaemia and cardiovascular disease on surgical mortality and morbidity

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Authors

Jeffrey L. Carson · Johnson University

Amy Duff · Johnson University

Roy M. Poses · Brown University

Jesse A. Berlin · University of Pennsylvania

Ríchard K. Spence · Staten Island University Hospital

Richard Trout · Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Helaine Noveck

Abstract

A low preoperative haemoglobin or a substantial operative blood loss increases the risk of death or serious morbidity more in patients with cardiovascular disease than in those without. Decisions about transfusion should take account of cardiovascular status and operative blood loss as well as the haemoglobin concentration.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Blood transfusion and management Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Lancet

Volume 348, Issue 9034, pp. 1055-1060

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)04330-9

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