Is preoperative anemia associated with adverse outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
Preoperative anemia is an independent risk factor for adverse outcomes following cardiac surgery, highlighting a potential target for preoperative optimization.
Preoperative anemia is independently associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery. Future studies should determine whether therapies aimed at treating preoperative anemia would improve the outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Karkouti et al. (2008) studied this question.
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