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Sumedha Arya: We analyzed rates of anemia & transfusion across major elective surgeries

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Aug 2, 2024, 16:45

Sumedha Arya: We analyzed rates of anemia & transfusion across major elective surgeries

Sumedha Arya, Transfusion Medicine Fellow at Canadian Blood Services, made the following post on X:

“We analyzed rates of anemia & transfusion across major elective surgeries and found:

females experienced higher rates of periop anemia
females had much higher transfusion rates, particularly in heart surgery

Full article (open access).”

Authors: Sumedha Arya, Alanna Howell, Lee Vernich, Yulia Lin, Katerina Pavenski, John Freedman.

Source: Sumedha Arya/X

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