Non Anaemic Iron Deficiency in Cardiac Surgery
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Outcomes in patients with non-anaemic iron deficiency in elective cardiac surgery - a retrospective observational study
IRAS ID
295996
Contact name
Caroline Evans
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
At least one quarter of patients presenting for cardiac surgery are anaemic and approximately half of these anaemic patients are iron deficient. Studies have shown that these patients have increased mortality, complications, red blood cell transfusion requirement and length of stay in hospital.
Iron deficiency is a spectrum disease where anaemia (failure to produce red blood cells) can be seen as the end stage. It is possible for patients to present for cardiac surgery with iron deficiency and no anaemia. Recent observational studies have shown that non-anaemic iron deficient patients have increased mortality and red blood cell transfusion when compared to the patients without iron deficiency.
We propose a retrospective observational study to investigate how many patients present for cardiac surgery with non-anaemic iron deficiency, their outcomes and haemoglobin trends at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff in 2019.
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