Preoperative anaemia and postoperative outcomes in non-cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 378; no. 9800; pp. 1396 - 1407
• Main Authors: 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, Taher, Ali T, Jamali, Faek R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 15.10.2011; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: 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

Preoperative anaemia is associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery but outcomes after non-cardiac surgery are not well established. We aimed to assess the effect of preoperative anaemia on 30-day postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery. We a...