Table 3 Number of patients according the different values of serum ferritine at preoperative period and after the treatment of anaemia/ iron deficiency correction.

From: Clinical, economical and safety impact of ferric carboxymaltose use in Patient Blood Management programme in Portuguese National Health Service hospitals

Sample size (N = 405)

Phases of surgery

Preoperative (N = 385)

Preoperative after anemia and/or iron deficiency correction (N = 337)

N (%)

N (%)

Ferritine > 100 µg/L (normal)

45 (11.7%)

33 (9.8%)

Ferritine 30-100 µg /L

59 (15.3%)

5 (1.5%)

Ferritine 15–30 µg /L

33 (8.6%)

1 (0.3%)

Ferritine < 15 µg/L

33 (8.6%)

0 (0.0%)

Missing analysis

215 (55.8%)

298 (88.4%)