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PREVENTT: preoperative intravenous iron to treat anaemia in major surgery: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Anaemia is common in patients undergoing major surgery. The current standard of care for patients with low haemoglobin in the peri-operative period is blood transfusion. The presence of preoperative anaemia is associated with an increased likelihood of the patient receiving peri-operativ...

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Autores principales: Richards, Toby, Clevenger, Ben, Keidan, Jane, Collier, Tim, Klein, Andrew A., Anker, Stefan D., Kelly, John D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26041028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0774-2