October 2, 2012 (Milan, Italy) — Anemia is a risk factor for a bad outcome following cardiac surgery even after other comorbidities were strictly controlled for, a new study has shown [1]. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with obesity who undergo gastric bypass are five times more likely to develop anemia compared with those ...

Anemia is now confirmed as a risk factor for illness and even death following cardiac surgery, according to a new study. Although preoperative anemia has been linked to adverse events in other types ...

A research team from United States evaluated the long-term heath issues of patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery. They found menstruating females and patients with peptic ulcer disease are at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with critical limb ischemia are at greater immediate- and long-term risk for death after surgery if ...

October 6, 2011 — In patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery, even mild preoperative anemia appears to be independently associated with an increased risk for 30-day morbidity and mortality, ...

Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by ...

Anemia has a negative impact on cardiac surgery outcomes, say researchers. Anemia has been linked to various postoperative complications, including death, for all types of heart surgery. - First study ...

The difficulties faced by anemic patients before surgery and other high blood-loss procedures may be coming to an end because of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ new Anemia Management ...

Weight-loss surgery increases patients' risk of dangerous anemia two-fold, according to a new observational study. Researchers at Stanford University analyzed a group of people, with an average age of ...

Question: My father has been known to be anemic for more than a year. He recently changed doctors, and his primary care doctor sent him to an orthopedic surgeon for a hip replacement. Everything was ...