Prevalence of preoperative anemia, abnormal mean corpuscular volume and red cell distribution width among surgical patients in Singapore, and their influence on one year mortality

• Main Authors: Sim Y.E., Wee H.E., Ang A.L., Ranjakunalan N., Ong B.C., Abdullah H.R.
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: adult; age; aged; American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status score; anemia; anesthesia; Article; blood transfusion; cohort analysis; comorbidity; controlled study; demography; discocyte; disease classification; erythrocyte parameters; female; follow up; health hazard; heart surgery; high risk patient; human; major clinical study; male; mean corpuscular volume; megalocytosis; middle aged; mortality; normocytosis; perioperative mortality; preoperative anemia; preoperative complication; prevalence; rating scale; red cell distribution width; retrospective study; scoring system; sex difference; Singapore; surgical patient; surgical risk; surgical technique; adolescent; blood; erythrocyte disorder; preoperative care; prognosis; survival rate; young adult; hemoglobin; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Anemia; Erythrocyte Indices; Erythrocytes, Abnormal; Female; Hemoglobins; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Preoperative Care; Prevalence; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate; Young Adult
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/165782
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0182543