title: Perioperative anemia.
abstract: Perioperative anemia is common and is associated with increased need for blood transfusion in the perioperative period. Perioperative anemia has also been linked to increased morbidity and mortality in surgical patients. Anemia may impede a patient's ability to recover fully and participate in postoperative rehabilitation. Pre-operative treatment of anemia is associated with a reduction in the need for blood transfusion in the perioperative period. Additional advances in surgical technology that reduce blood loss intraoperatively are associated with a reduction in postoperative anemia and should be used whenever possible. All strategies to prevent anemia in the perioperative period should be considered in an effort to minimize exposure of surgical patients to blood transfusion.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0033, USA. lenan@umich.edu
authors.forename: Lena M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Napolitano
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D000068817:Epoetin Alfa; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D000068817:Epoetin Alfa