Role of preoperative intravenous iron therapy to correct anemia before major surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background Preoperative anemia is a common comorbidity that often necessitates allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT). As there is a risk associated with blood transfusions, preoperative intravenous iron (IV) has been proposed to increase the hemoglobin to reduce perioperative transfusion; howe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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Series: | Systematic Reviews |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01579-8 |