| Healthy parturient |
Hb <60 g/L |
| Patients without significant comorbidities |
Hb <70 g/L |
| Patients with |
Hb <80 g/L |
| • SaO2 <90% despite optimized ventilation • Severe traumatic brain injury |
| • Freeflaps |
| • Severe (>70%) carotid stenosis |
| Patients with unstable coronary artery disease |
Hb <90 g/L |
| No indication |
Hb ≥90 g/L |
| Surgery stopped -> evaluation |
Hb <100 g/L unexpectedly |
| Pre-treatment according to Table 2 |
Hb 100-129 g/L or iron deficiency at Hb ≥130 g/L |
| Patients of the focus group can be operated if -> |
Hb ≥130 g/L men and women and no iron deficiency |
| |
(Ferritin ≥100 μg/L and TSAT ≥20%) |
| SaO2: Oxygen saturation; Hb: Hemoglobin; TSAT: Transferrin saturation. |