Timothy Makar, Margaret Hezkial, Mayank Vasudeva, Dominic Walpole, John Xie, Chris Zi-Fan Zhao, Bobby Ou Yang, Saranya Ramesh, Tom Larsen, Stephane Heritier, Toby Richards, Lachlan F Miles
BACKGROUND: Anaemia following major surgery may be associated with unplanned readmission to hospital. However, the severity-response relationship between the degree of anaemia at discharge and the risk of unplanned readmission is poorly defined. We aimed to describe the severity-response relationship between haemoglobin concentration at the time of discharge and the risk of unplanned readmission in a cohort of patients undergoing different types of major surgery. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study in a single tertiary health service, including all patients who underwent major surgery (orthopaedic, abdominal, cardiac or thoracic) between 1 May 2011 and 1 February 2022...
April 12, 2024: Anaesthesia