Re-evaluating treatment thresholds in patient blood management: Female patients experience more perioperative anaemia and higher transfusion rates in major elective surgery.
Sumedha AryaAlanna HowellLee VernichYulia LinKaterina PavenskiJohn FreedmanPublished in: Vox sanguinis (2024)
Females experienced more perioperative anaemia and higher transfusion rates. Historic sex-specific definitions of anaemia may contribute to a greater tolerance of anaemia in females. Prioritizing females for multimodal PBM and consistently achieving a pre-operative haemoglobin >130 g/L may reduce the amount of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions that female patients receive.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- red blood cell
- cardiac surgery
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- minimally invasive
- iron deficiency
- acute kidney injury
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- chronic pain
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- smoking cessation