Changes in hemoglobin levels during the perioperative period in cardiosurgical patients receiving ferric carboxymaltose
- Authors: Stepin A.V.1, Ekimova D.M.2
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Affiliations:
- Ural Institute of Cardiology
- Ural State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 27, No 10 (2025): Cardiology and nephrology
- Pages: 625-630
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2075-1753/article/view/352928
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/20751753.2025.10.203469
- ID: 352928
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Aim. To study the change of hemoglobin (Hb) levels in the perioperative period with the intravenous administration of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) in cardiosurgical patients.
Materials and methods. The retrospective study included data from the medical charts of 113 cardiac surgical patients who received FCM infusion in the preoperative period (Group 1). The control group (Group 2) was selected using the pseudo-randomization method from 1042 patients who did not receive FCM infusion. We analyzed the effect of FCM infusion on the levels of Hb and ferritin, the need for transfusion of erythrocyte-containing blood components, the duration of the postoperative period, mortality, and complications.
Results. After FCM infusion in Group 1, the ferritin level increased from 37.1 ± 15.4 to 588.3 ± 150.4 µg/L (p = 0.0001). In Group 1, there was a significant increase in Hb immediately after FCM infusion, as well as in the early postoperative period; in Group 2, no increase in Hb was observed. The decrease in Hb in Group 1 at the time of discharge was 10.8 ± 11.9 g/L compared to baseline Hb at admission, in Group 2 it was 19.8 ± 12.8 g/L (p < 0.001). In the postoperative period, patients of both groups received an average of 0.07 ± 0.3 units of erythrocyte-containing blood components (p = 1.0). No deaths were reported. The duration of treatment in the intensive care unit and the total duration of the postoperative period in both groups did not significantly differ. Surgical bleeding was reported in 4 (3.5%) patients in Group 1 and 1 (0.8%) patient in Group 2 (p = 0.35). The frequency of infectious complications did not differ significantly between the groups (p = 0.35).
Conclusion. A single infusion of FCM in cardiac surgery patients significantly increases Hb levels immediately after the infusion and in the early postoperative period, without affecting the risk of infectious complications and death.
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Artem V. Stepin
Ural Institute of Cardiology
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Email: arstepin@me.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0104-2777
D. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, YekaterinburgDaria M. Ekimova
Ural State Medical University
Email: arstepin@me.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-0809-3969
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Russian Federation, YekaterinburgReferences
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