Ece Yamak Altinpulluk, MD
Evidence of a strong association between postoperative anemia and a composite of nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) and all-cause mortality within the 30 days following noncardiac surgery has been found in a new study.
Investigators at Cleveland Clinic’s Department of Outcomes Research concluded that postoperative hemoglobin concentration is a modifiable risk factor for these adverse events, particularly in patients with cardiovascular disease or who are at risk