The impact of preoperative systemic inflammation on the efficacy of intravenous iron infusion to correct anaemia prior to surgery for colorectal cancer.

Stephen Thomas McSorleyJohn H AndersonThomas WhittleCampbell S RoxburghPaul G HorganDonald C McMillanColin W Steele

Published in: Perioperative medicine (London, England) (2020)

Preoperative intravenous iron is less efficacious in patients with anaemia of inflammation and FID undergoing surgery for CRC, compared with true iron deficiency. Further understanding of the role of perioperative iron infusions is required for maximum gain from therapy.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
minimally invasive
patients undergoing
coronary artery bypass
high dose
oxidative stress
surgical site infection
low dose
cardiac surgery
atrial fibrillation
smoking cessation