Comparing Intravenous and Oral Iron in Postoperative Anemia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Postoperative anaemia are common in patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery. The main
consequence of perioperative anaemia is an increased risk of red blood cell (RBC)
transfusions. Allogeneic RBC transfusion and anaemia are associated with higher postoperative
mortality and morbidity.
The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of postoperative i.v. ferric carboxymaltose
(FCM) and oral ferrous glycine sulphate (FS) for early improvement of postoperative anaemia
after total knee arthroplasty and whether iron treatment could facilitate recovery from
surgery.