• Br J Anaesth · Apr 2022

    Editorial Comment

    Preoperative anaemia in cardiac surgery: preoperative assessment, treatment and outcome.

    • Daniel Bolliger, Eckhard Mauermann, and Andreas Buser.
    • Clinic for Anaesthesia, Intermediate Care, Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: daniel.bolliger@usb.ch.
    • Br J Anaesth. 2022 Apr 1; 128 (4): 599-602.

    AbstractPreoperative anaemia is common and associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. These findings are supported by a large Dutch cohort study including >35 000 patients published in this issue of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. Timely diagnosis and preoperative anaemia treatment seem to be reasonable targets for perioperative risk stratification and modification. However, implementation of anaemia therapy into clinical routines remains challenging, and evidence for improved outcome is currently limited.Copyright © 2022 British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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