Background Preoperative anemia is common in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with
various etiologies, among which iron deficiency is the leading cause. However, the benefit of …

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 …

Summary The Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) has published in September 2022
guidance addressing perioperative anaemia. This editorial addresses the definition of …

Purpose We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the effects of
anemia and anemia severity on patient outcomes in cardiac surgery and determine whether …

Background Postoperative anemia is a risk factor for adverse surgical outcomes. Our study
aimed to assess the role of intravenous iron and erythropoietin therapy for the rapid …

Background Perioperative anemia is common in cardiac surgery. Few studies investigated
the effect of postoperative intravenous (IV) iron supplementation and were mostly …

PBM should be further implemented in more hospitals. Emicizumab and Mim8 are indicated
in acquired hemophilia or hemophilia A with inhibitors. TXA was confirmed to reduce …

The previous version of this guideline was published in 2015 1 and provided a
comprehensive review of the available literature. Since then, a number of key clinical trials …

The concept of “prehabilitation” consists of screening for and identification of pre-existing
disorders followed by medical optimization. This is performed for many types of surgery, but …

Objectives Anemia and iron deficiency in patients having cardiac surgery increases their
perioperative risk. Non-anemic iron deficiency (NAID) in this group is less well described …