Perfusion Art: “uNDER the hOOD”

Very-Short-Term Perioperative Intravenous Iron Administration and Postoperative Outcome in Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Pooled Analysis of Observational Data from 2547 Patients

Despite known limitations of pooled observational analyses, these results suggest that very-short-term perioperative administration of IV iron, with or without rHuEPO, in major lower limb orthopedic procedures is associated with reduced ABT rates and LHS, without increasing postoperative morbidity or mortality.