title: Evaluation and management of anemia and bleeding disorders in surgical patients.
abstract: The perioperative period offers a unique hemostatic and physiologic challenge. Evaluation of anemia and the decision to transfuse play an important role in the perioperative period. Achievement of adequate hemostasis is important. A bleeding-oriented history and physical, along with some baseline tests, may help alert the physician to the possibility of a bleeding disorder. Finally, some patients may need correction of their bleeding disorder before surgery or careful monitoring in the perioperative period.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 125 Patterson Street, Professional Building, 4th Floor, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Armas-Loughran
authors.forename: Rakhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D006474:Hemorrhagic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy