Published: 08/2010

Anemia and patient blood management in hip and knee surgery: a systematic review of the literature.

Spahn DR

Anesthesiology 2010 Aug;113(2):482-95.    

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This systematic review examines the characteristics of perioperative anemia, its association with clinical ... 

Published: 07/2010

Role of perioperative intravenous iron therapy in elderly hip fracture patients: a single-center randomized controlled trial.

Serrano-Trenas JA, Ugalde PF, Cabello LM, et al.

Transfusion 2010 Jul 12. [Epub ahead of print]    

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This prospective randomized controlled trial investigated the efficacy of intravenous iron sucrose in ... 

Published: 06/2010

Preoperative anemia in elective cardiac surgery: prevalence, risk factors, and influence on postoperative outcome.

Muñoz M, Ariza D, Gómez-Ramírez S, et al.

Transfus Alternat Transfus Med 2010;11(2):47-56.    

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This retrospective observational single-center study (n=576) reports a high prevalence of preoperative ... 

Published: 21/04/2010

Incidence and risk factors for the development of anemia following gastric bypass surgery.

Avgerinos DV, Llaguna OH, Seigerman M, Lefkowitz AJ, Leitman IM

World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Apr 21;16(15):1867-70.    

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Published: 04/2010

Anaemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia among blood donors in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Jeremiah ZA, Koate BB

Blood Transfus. 2010 Apr;8(2):113-7.    

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Published: 25/02/2010

The Impact of Anemia on Nursing Home Residents.

Resnick B, Sabol V, Galik E, Gruber-Baldini AL

Clin Nurs Res. 2010 Feb 25. [Epub ahead of print]    

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This evaluation of the impact of anaemia on 451 residents in 12 nursing homes supports the existing body ... 

Published: 02/2010

Iron supplementation for anemia after hip fracture surgery: a randomized trial of 300 patients.

Parker MJ

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010 Feb;92(2):265-9.    

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This randomized study intends to provide Level I evidence that negates the use of oral iron therapy in ... 

Published: 25/01/2010

Ordering folate assays is no longer justified for investigation of anemias, in folic acid fortified countries.

Shojania AM, von Kuster K

BMC Res Notes. 2010 Jan 25;3:22.    

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A review of folate data from medical records at two large health centers in Canada, a country that has ... 

Published: 12/01/2010

Authors' reply: Randomized clinical trial of preoperative intravenous iron sucrose to reduce blood transfusion in anaemic patients after colorectal cancer surgery (Br J Surg 2009; 96: 1122-1128).

Edwards TJ, Noble EJ, Durran A, Mellor N, Hosie KB

Br J Surg. 2010 Jan 12;97(2):299. [Epub ahead of print]    

Published: 12/01/2010

Letter 2: Randomized clinical trial of preoperative intravenous iron sucrose to reduce blood transfusion in anaemic patients after colorectal cancer surgery (Br J Surg 2009; 96: 1122-1128).

Simpson JA, Tselepis C, Iqbal T, Acheson AG, Brookes MJ

Br J Surg. 2010 Jan 12;97(2):298-299. [Epub ahead of print]    

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Published: 12/01/2010

Letter 1: Randomized clinical trial of preoperative intravenous iron sucrose to reduce blood transfusion in anaemic patients after colorectal cancer surgery (Br J Surg 2009; 96: 1122-1128).

Ranganathan P, Pramesh CS

Br J Surg. 2010 Jan 12;97(2):297-298. [Epub ahead of print]    

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Published: 03/01/2010

Blood transfusion reduction with intravenous iron in gynecologic cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Dangsuwan P, Manchana T

Gynecol Oncol. 2010 Jan 3. [Epub ahead of print]    

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In this study the authors assigned 22 patients to receive 200 mg of intravenous iron sucrose (the study ... 

Published: 01/2010

Significance of continuous medical education of general practitioners about common diseases--iron deficiency anemia.

Batinac T, Petranović D, Duletić-Nacinović A, Troselj-Vukić B, Jelovcić-Barbić B

Coll Antropol. 2009 Dec;33(4):1191-6.    

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Does continuing medical education (CME) influence general practitioners management of common disorders ... 

Published: 12/2009

Iron deficiency and anaemia in bariatric surgical patients: causes, diagnosis and proper management.

Muñoz M, Botella-Romero F, Gómez-Ramírez S, Campos A, García-Erce JA

Nutr Hosp. 2009 Dec;24(6):640-654.    

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In this paper, the authors point out that obese patients often suffer from chronic inflammatiion which ... 

Published: 12/2009

Facilitating clinical trials of anemia in older adults: a point-of-care system to measure hemoglobin in the home and its agreement with a hospital core laboratory.

Teruya SL, Gil HR, Teresi JA, et al.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Dec;57(12):2362-4.    

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Published: /12/2009

Physical and chemical stability of iron sucrose in parenteral nutrition.

MacKay M, Rusho W, Jackson D, McMillin G, Winther B

Nutr Clin Pract.2009 Dec;24(6):733-7.    

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The results of this analysis indicate that “the physical stability of iron sucrose in parenteral nutrition ... 

Published: 16/11/2009

Can intravenous iron therapy meet the unmet needs created by the new restrictions on erythropoietic stimulating agents?

Shander A, Spence RK, Auerbach M

Transfusion. 2009 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print]    

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In the light of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) changed product labeling and more restrictive ... 

Published: 05/11/2009

A Peptide-Based Erythropoietin-Receptor Agonist for Pure Red-Cell Aplasia.

Macdougall IC, Rossert J, Casadevall N, et al.

N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 5;361(19):1848-55.    

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The stimulation of neutralizing antierythropoietin antibodies is a rare complication of recombinant human ... 

Published: 12/10/2009

Relationship between baseline haemoglobin and major bleeding complications in acute coronary syndromes.

Bassand JP, Afzal R, Eikelboom J, et al.

Eur Heart J. 2009 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print]    

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This study was a pooled analysis of OASIS 5 and 6 data involving 32,170 patients with acute coronary syndromes ... 

Published: 10/2009

Randomized clinical trial of preoperative intravenous iron sucrose to reduce blood transfusion in anaemic patients after colorectal cancer surgery.

Edwards TJ, Noble EJ, Durran A, Mellor N, Hosie KB

Br J Surg. 2009 Oct;96(10):1122-8.    

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In this controversial, though randomized clinical trial, T. J. Edwards et al., sought to to determine ...