Iron infusions before surgery
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Iron infusions before surgery

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If you’re getting surgery and you have less than a month to go, it’s prudent to consider getting an iron infusion to keep your iron levels in the normal range (ferritin >100) because there is good evidence that surgical outcomes dramatically improve.

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Having lower iron before surgery increased rates of post-operative infections, transfusions, and fatigue.

 

Because of blood loss during surgery, some people require blood transfusions which come with complications and risks as well as the need for a greater bank of blood donors, something we are perpetually in short supply.

 

Pre-operatively, if we use iron infusions, we can reduce the need for blood transfusions. We can also hasten recovery from post-operative anemia

 

We need iron for energy production. Surgery can be a very depleting event in our lives, especially when we are unwell. The literal power houses in our bodies called mitochondria need iron to produce their energy.

 

We should give them a fighting chance to keep the lights on.

 

Pre-op IV iron is that switch.

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