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Preoperative Intravenous Iron for Iron Deficiency is Cost-Effective Prior to Major Elective Surgery

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  1. School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia

    Kevin M. Trentino

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

    Hamish Mace

  3. Division of Emergency Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Hamish Mace

  4. Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Axel Hofmann

  5. Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    Axel Hofmann

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Mr. Trentino and Dr. Mace have nothing to disclose. Dr. Hofmann reports personal fees and non-financial support from Celgene, Belgium, personal fees and non-financial support from G1 Therapeutics, non-financial support from South African National Blood Service, South Africa, personal fees and non-financial support from Takeda, South Africa, personal fees and non-financial support from TEM Innovations, Germany, personal fees and non-financial support from Vifor Pharma International AG, Switzerland, and personal fees from Vygon SA, France, outside the submitted work.

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Trentino, K.M., Mace, H. & Hofmann, A. Preoperative Intravenous Iron for Iron Deficiency is Cost-Effective Prior to Major Elective Surgery. PharmacoEconomics 40, 133–135 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-021-01083-w

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