Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Patient populations differ for elective vs urgent and emergent surgery. The effect of this difference on surgical outcome is not well understood and may be important for improving surgical safety. Our primary hypothesis was that there is an association of surgical acuity with risk of postoperative cardiac events. Secondarily, we examined elective vs urgent and emergent patients separately to understand patient characteristics that are associated with postoperative cardiac events. ⋯ Quality measurement and improvement to address postoperative cardiac risk should consider patients based on surgical acuity.
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Observational Study
Single shot of intravenous iron in cardiac surgery: The ICARUS study.
Iron deficiency (ID), with or without anemia, is commonly observed among patients scheduled for cardiac surgery. We investigated if screening ID in the immediate preoperative period and treating ID patients regardless of anemia could reduce perioperative transfusion requirements. ⋯ NCT04744181.