Iron therapy for pre-operative anaemia

Pre-operative Endocrine Therapy

Purpose of Review Pre-operative endocrine therapy can be used to down-stage large or locally advanced breast cancers in ER+ disease. In the last four decades, it has evolved from a treatment perceived as an alternative to surgery for those too unfit to undergo surgery or chemotherapy, to the present day where it is a valuable and valid option in the treatment of postmenopausal women with ER-ric...

Effectiveness and efficiency of pre-operative anaemia management with intravenous iron: A systematic review.

Assessment of anaemia in elective pre-operative orthopaedic patients.

The transfusion of components made from human blood carries a small risk to the recipient. Pre-operative preparation, ensuring that the patient is not anaemic before surgery, is important to ensure that blood is not transfused unnecessarily. This article highlights that pre-operative anaemia is often not effectively managed in patients presenting for elective total hip replacement surgery, putt...

Anaemia of rheumatoid arthritis and iron therapy.

Richmond, Roy, Gardner, Alexander, and Duthie (1958) reported that anaemia in rheumatoid arthritis could be significantly improved by giving intravenous saccharated oxide of iron. They observed, furthermore, that this response to parenteral iron was not related to the initial iron content of the marrow, the degree of anaemia, the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, the plasma iron level...

Iron Deficiency Anaemia among Pre-School Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia: Still a Rare Diagnosis?

BACKGROUND The frequent need for blood transfusion in children with SCA creates the impression that IDA is rare in this class of children. OBJECTIVES The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of IDA in a population of under-five children with SCA in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODOLOGY Serum iron, total iron binding capacity, transferrin saturation and serum ferritin were assayed in ...