Michelle C White1, Lydia Longstaff2, Peggy S Lai3. 1. M/V Africa Mercy, Mercy Ships, Port au Toamasina, Toamasina, Madagascar. doctormcw@gmail.com. 2. M/V Africa Mercy, Mercy Ships, Port au Toamasina, Toamasina, Madagascar. 3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In high-resource settings, even mild anaemia is associated with an increased risk of post-operative complications. Whether this is true in low-resource settings is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the effect of anaemia on surgical outcomes in the Republic of Congo and Madagascar. METHOD: It is a retrospective chart review of 2064 non-pregnant patients undergoing elective surgery with Mercy Ships. Logistic regression was used to determine the association between pre-operative anaemia and pre-defined surgical complications, adjusted for age, gender, surgical specialty, and country. RESULTS: The average age of patients was 27.2 years; 56.7% were male. Sixty-two percent of patients were not anaemic, and 22.7, 13.9 and 1.4% met sex-related criteria for mild, moderate and severe anaemia, respectively. In adjusted analyses, the severe anaemia group had an 8.58 [3.65, 19.49] higher odds of experiencing any surgical complication (p < 0.001) compared to non-anaemic patients. Analysis of each complication showed a 33.13 [9.57, 110.39] higher odds of unexpected ICU admission (p < 0.001); a 7.29 [1.98, 21.45] higher odds of surgical site infection (p < 0.001); and 7.48 [1.79, 25.78] higher odds of requiring hospital readmission (p < 0.001). Evaluating other anaemia categories, only those with moderate anaemia had a higher risk of requiring ICU admission (odds ratio 2.75 [1.00, 7.04], p = 0.04) compared to those without anaemia. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that in low-income settings, severe anaemia is associated with an increased risk of post-operative complications including unexpected ICU admission, surgical site infection and hospital readmission, whereas mild anaemia was not associated with increased post-operative complications.
BACKGROUND: In high-resource settings, even mild anaemia is associated with an increased risk of post-operative complications. Whether this is true in low-resource settings is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the effect of anaemia on surgical outcomes in the Republic of Congo and Madagascar. METHOD: It is a retrospective chart review of 2064 non-pregnant patients undergoing elective surgery with Mercy Ships. Logistic regression was used to determine the association between pre-operative anaemia and pre-defined surgical complications, adjusted for age, gender, surgical specialty, and country. RESULTS: The average age of patients was 27.2 years; 56.7% were male. Sixty-two percent of patients were not anaemic, and 22.7, 13.9 and 1.4% met sex-related criteria for mild, moderate and severe anaemia, respectively. In adjusted analyses, the severe anaemia group had an 8.58 [3.65, 19.49] higher odds of experiencing any surgical complication (p < 0.001) compared to non-anaemic patients. Analysis of each complication showed a 33.13 [9.57, 110.39] higher odds of unexpected ICU admission (p < 0.001); a 7.29 [1.98, 21.45] higher odds of surgical site infection (p < 0.001); and 7.48 [1.79, 25.78] higher odds of requiring hospital readmission (p < 0.001). Evaluating other anaemia categories, only those with moderate anaemia had a higher risk of requiring ICU admission (odds ratio 2.75 [1.00, 7.04], p = 0.04) compared to those without anaemia. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that in low-income settings, severe anaemia is associated with an increased risk of post-operative complications including unexpected ICU admission, surgical site infection and hospital readmission, whereas mild anaemia was not associated with increased post-operative complications.
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