Association of anaemia, co-morbidities and red blood cell transfusion according to age groups: multicentre sub-analysis of the German Patient Blood Management Network Registry.

Lea Valeska BlumElke SchmittSuma ChoorapoikayilOlaf BaumhoveAlexandra BayerPatrick FriederichJens FriedrichChristof GeisenMatthias GruenewaldMartin GutjahrEva HerrmannMarkus MüllerDiana NaritaAnsgar RaadtsKlaus SchwendnerErhard SeifriedPatrick StarkJosef ThomaHenry WeigtChristoph WiesenackAndrea Ulrike SteinbickerKai ZacharowskiPatrick Meybohmnull null

Published in: BJS open (2022)

Increasing age, co-morbidities, and preoperative anaemia are independent risk factors for complications, longer hospital length of stay, in-hospital mortality, and the need for RBC transfusion. Anaemia diagnosis and treatment should be established in all patients.

Keyphrases

red blood cell
end stage renal disease
iron deficiency
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
healthcare
patients undergoing
case report
prognostic factors
risk factors
emergency department
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
cross sectional
double blind
adverse drug