Preoperative Iron Supplementation in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patients: A Preliminary Single-Center Experience.

Journal: Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
PMID: 35283042

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess preoperative hemoglobin and perioperative red blood cell transfusion in children undergoing cardiac surgery after the implementation of a preoperative patient blood management (PBM) clinic with oral iron supplementation.

Authors

  • Yoji Otsuka
    Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Nadia Naraine
    Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Timothy Switzer
    Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • David Faraoni
    Arthur S. Keats Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Electronic address: david.faraoni@bcm.edu.

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