Timing matters: association of persistent postoperative anemia with adverse outcomes in cardiac surgery
Xidong Zhang, Yanhua Nie, Rui Zhang, Qiong Zhang, Xiaochen Wang · 2026
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Xidong Zhang and co-authors study anemia around heart surgery in a 2026 retrospective cohort from a single center. Records covered 315 adults operated on between 2020 and 2025, with anemia judged by World Health Organization criteria before surgery and on days one, three, and seven afterward. Outcomes included longer hospital stay, lung infection, and low cardiac output syndrome, a serious drop in heart pumping.
Almost half of the patients were anemic before surgery. Anemia still present on day seven was independently linked with all three poor outcomes, while day one anemia showed a different pattern. The authors argue that tracking hemoglobin over the full first week matters more than a single early reading for judging risk.
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| CREATOR | Xidong Zhang, Yanhua Nie, Rui Zhang, Qiong Zhang, Xiaochen Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47825 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |