An Intravenous Iron Based Protocol for Preoperative Anaemia in Hip and Knee Surgery - An Observational Study

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This observational study follows a cohort of patients scheduled for elective hip- or knee surgery but has preoperative anemia and are treated with Intravenous (IV) iron prior to surgery according to a recently introduced standardized treatment protocol at 6 high-volume surgical centres.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Collaborators: Bisbebjerg Hospital; Bispebjerg Hospital; Farsø Sygehus; Gentofte Hospital; Hvidovre University Hospital; Regionshospitalet Viborg, Skive; Vejle Sygehus
• Treatments: Iron

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age > 18 years

• Scheduled for elective primary hip- or knee arthroplasty

• Preoperative hemoglobin < 13 g/dl (males) or < 12 g/dl (females)

• Included in the departments treatment protocol for preoperative anemia

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cronic transfusion need

• Not able to give consent