British journal of anaesthesia
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Br J Anaesth
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Editorial Comment
Blood and iron: associations with poor outcome after cardiac surgery.
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Observational Study
Iron deficiency is associated with higher mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective study.
Iron deficiency is frequent in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The relevance of iron deficiency, however, is ill defined. Therefore, our study aimed to investigate the impact of iron deficiency (ferritin <100 μg L-1) with or without concomitant anaemia on clinical outcome after cardiac surgery. ⋯ NCT02031289.
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Editorial Comment
Elevated cardiac troponin before surgery: perhaps not so benign.