Anesthesia for Patients with Anemia.
Anemia is a common and often ignored condition in surgical patients. Anemia is usually multifactorial and iron deficiency and inflammation are commonly involved. An exacerbating factor in surgical patients is iatrogenic blood loss. Anemia has been repeatedly shown to be an independent predictor of worse outcomes. Patient blood management (PBM) provides a multimodality framework for prevention and management of anemia and related risk factors. The key strategies in PBM include support of hematopoiesis and improving hemoglobin level, optimizing coagulation and hemostasis, use of interdisciplinary blood conservation modalities, and patient-centered decision making throughout the course of care.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, TeamHealth Research Institute, 350 Engle Street, Englewood, NJ 07631, USA. Electronic address: aryeh.shander@ehmchealth.org.
Aryeh
A
Shander
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, TeamHealth Research Institute, 350 Engle Street, Englewood, NJ 07631, USA.
Gregg P
GP
Lobel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, TeamHealth Research Institute, 350 Engle Street, Englewood, NJ 07631, USA.
Mazyar
M
Javidroozi
D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006397:Hematinics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care
D006397:Hematinics
Anemia; Iron; Patient blood management; Surgery; Transfusion