Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication of cardiac surgery, and
preoperative anemia and perioperative erythrocyte transfusion are important risk factors …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery is a major health issue. Two
important risk factors for AKI are preoperative anemia and perioperative erythrocyte …

Background Safely reducing red blood cell transfusions can prevent transfusion-related
adverse effects, conserve the blood supply, and reduce health care costs. Both anemia and …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a potentially serious complication of cardiac surgery. Anemia
and red blood cell (RBC) transfusion have individually been identified as potentially …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious and common complication of major surgery. This
narrative review focuses on the relationship between perioperative red blood cell …

Background The impact of intraoperative erythrocyte transfusion on outcomes of anemic
patients undergoing noncardiac surgery has not been well characterized. The objective of …

Objective: Preoperative anemia is a risk factor for transfusions, morbidity, and mortality in
cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to assess if an anemia intervention strategy …

Purpose Ten percent of our cardiac surgical patients have preoperative anemia. Anemia
diagnosed before scheduled cardiac surgery is a strong predictor of the need for …

Cardiac surgical patients with anaemia experience increased morbidity and mortality. Iron
deficiency is the most common cause of pre‐operative anaemia in this group. We designed …

Both preoperative anemia and the transfusion of red blood cells have been associated with
increased morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. To reduce the need for blood …