Preoperative anaemia and postoperative outcomes in non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study - Musallam, Khaled M; Tamim, Hani M; Richards, Toby; Spahn, Donat R; Rosendaal, Frits R; Habbal, Aida; Khreiss, Mohammad; Dahdaleh, Fadi S; Khavandi, Kaivan; Sfeir, Pierre M; Soweid, Assaad; Hoballah, Jamal J; et al. (The Lancet (British edition), 2011)
Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; anemia; Anemia - blood; Anemia - complications; Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort Studies; composite materials; Data collection; demographic statistics; Diseases of red blood cells; Female; General aspects; Heart attacks; Hematocrit; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases; Hospitals; Human subjects; Humans; Independent sample; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical personnel; Medical sciences; men; Middle Aged; Morbidity; Mortality; odds ratio; patients; Postoperative Complications - mortality; regression analysis; risk; Risk Factors; Statistical analysis; Studies; surgeons; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Thromboembolism; urinary tract; Urine; Variables; women; Young Adult; Medicine; Postoperative; Prognosis; Anemia; Cohort study; Evolution; Hemopathy; Retrospective study; Preoperative; Cardiac surgery; Public health