Peripheral arterial disease and anaemia.

Carlos Esteban, Inés Hernández-Rodríguez

Journal: Medicina clinica 2022;158(5):221-228

PMID: 34602211

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Abstract

Iron deficiency anaemia is highly prevalent worldwide. In the surgical patient, anaemia of any cause implies higher morbidity and mortality in the post-operative period. This is especially important in patients with peripheral artery disease, as they have very high rates of anaemia due to iron deficiency or other causes. In intermittent claudication, anaemia is a predictor of death in the medium term. Patients with critical ischaemia have higher prevalence of anaemia and it is an indicator of amputation and death in the medium term. Specific protocols need to be developed for these patients since the natural history of their disease does not allow for the correction of anaemia before surgery.

Address: Servicio de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.; Servicio de Hematología, ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institute de Investigación contra la Leucemia Josep Carreras, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2021.07.010

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MeSH Terms: Amputation, Surgical, Anemia, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Humans, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Prevalence