Preoperative anemia in cardiovascular surgery patients

Sevil Özkan,

Sevil Özkan¹, Mehmet Kaplan², Özlem Tarçın¹, Hatice Betül Erer³, Ahmet Yavuz Balcı², İbrahim Yekeler²

¹Departments of Internal Medicine, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul
³Departments of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul

Anemia is the most commonly encountered hematological condition during the preoperative evaluation of the cardiovascular surgery patients. Preoperative anemia is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality in patients who undergo cardiac surgery. In addition, it is the most important determinant of perioperative blood transfusion, with its many risks and side effects. Therefore, determining and treating the reason of preoperative anemia may resolve post-surgical untoward results. Future studies are warranted to determine whether the treatment for anemia administrated before the cardiovascular surgery will resolve postoperative untoward results.

Keywords : Anemia/etiology/therapy; blood transfusion; cardiopulmonary bypass/adverse effects; comorbidity; coronary artery bypass/method; Infection/etiology; postoperative complications

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