Melissa Hollo: Pre-Operative Anemia – An Underrecognized Challenge in Surgical Care
Melissa Hollo, Director of Project Management at hc1 and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“One in three patients undergoing major elective surgery has pre-operative anemia. What happens if we stop treating that as ‘normal’?
Tiffany Hall and I analyzed 50,033 surgical patients across 40 U.S. hospitals and found:
- 33.2 percent had pre-operative anemia
- Nearly half had moderate-to-severe anemia
- Prevalence reached 45.7 percent in women’s health and 52.4 percent in vascular surgery
- Women and older adults carried the greatest burden
These findings reinforce a critical opportunity in Patient Blood Management:
Don’t wait for the transfusion.
Identify and optimize the patient before surgery.
Pre-operative anemia is common, consequential, and often under-recognized.
Proactive identification and treatment should be part of the surgical pathway.
We’re proud to share this analysis and hope it challenges healthcare leaders and clinicians to rethink what happens before the patient ever enters the OR.”
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