Abstract
Introduction: Maternal anaemia remains common despite associations with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. [1] Pavord S, Daru J, Prasannan N et al. UK guidelines on the management of iron deficiency in pregnancy. Br J Haematol 2020;188:819-30. Google Scholar Recently, conventional definitions of anaemia ( < 110g/L) have been questioned and a higher haemoglobin threshold ( > 120g/L) suggested. [2] Ferguson MT, Dennis AT. Defining peri-operative anaemia in pregnant women - challenging the status quo. Anaesthesia 2019;74:237–45. Google Scholar This is likely to benefit a population at risk of significant blood loss.
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