The Impact of an Algorithm-Guided Management of Preoperative Anemia in Perioperative Hemoglobin Level and Transfusion of Major Orthopedic Surgery Patients
Figure 6
Anemic patients in Group II (). 6 patients with ferritin >100 ng/mL and TSAT <20%, and 10 patients with ferritin 30–100 ng/mL and TSAT ≥ 20% could not be classified with these traditional biomarkers of iron metabolism (proposed parameters in NATA guidelines). TSAT: transferrin saturation; ID: iron deficiency; ACD: anemia of chronic disease; NATA: Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives.
