While complex physiological mechanisms exist to regulate and optimize tissue oxygenation
under various conditions, clinical and experimental evidence indicates that anaemia …

Background: Blood transfusions are associated with morbidity and mortality. However,
restrictive thresholds could harm patients less able to tolerate anemia. Using a context …

Despite its high prevalence, anemia often does not receive proper clinical attention, and
detection, evaluation, and management of iron deficiency anemia and iron-restricted …

Background Based on observational studies, administration of surgical antimicrobial
prophylaxis (SAP) for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) is recommended within …

Background An anastomotic leak (AL) after colorectal surgery is one major reason for
postoperative morbidity and mortality. There is growing evidence that AL affects short and …

Surgical site infections (SSIs) complicate the postoperative course of a significant proportion
of general abdominal surgical patients and are associated with excessive health care costs …

Background: The efficacy of tranexamic acid (TXA) in reducing blood loss and transfusion
requirements in total hip and knee arthroplasty has been well established in small controlled …

This review provides the clinician with a summary of the causes, implications and potential
treatments for the management of anaemia in the older surgical patient. The prevalence of …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the most lethal infection among infectious diseases. The specific aim of
this study was to establish panels of serum protein biomarkers representative of active TB …

Background. Lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) is a common mode of delivery now
and surgical site infection is the second most common infectious complication in these …