• Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 2024

    Pro-Con Debate: Anesthesiologists Should Be Responsible for Treating Preoperative Anemia.

    • Nadia B Hensley, Steven M Frank, Edward C Nemergut, and Grant A Neely.
    • From the Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Health System Blood Management Program, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2024 Sep 9.

    AbstractIn this Pro-Con commentary article, we discuss whether anesthesiologists should be responsible for treating preoperative anemia. This debate was proposed based on the article published in this issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia by Warner et al, which is an advisory on managing preoperative anemia endorsed by both the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the Society for Advancement of Patient Blood Management. All evidence suggests that anemia is not just an innocent "bystander" which can be solved by transfusion. In fact, both anemia and transfusion are independently associated with adverse outcomes, so why not avoid both? It just makes sense that patients show up for surgery with enough red blood cells to avoid needing transfusion with someone else's. Even if we agree that preoperative anemia is worth treating before surgery, the question remains who should be responsible for doing so, and therein lies the reason for this Pro-Con debate. Should it be the responsibility of the anesthesiologist, or not? Let the readers decide.Copyright © 2024 International Anesthesia Research Society.

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