Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Prevalence and severity of preoperative anemia, and associated factors among orthopedic patients at public comprehensive referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia 2024: multi- center cross-sectional study
Authors' conclusion
The prevalence of preoperative anemia among orthopedic patients was high in the study area.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive scheduled emergency and elective orthopedic patients, Bahir Dar city Comprehensive Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2024response rate 99.9%
- Participants
- 820 participants
- Outcome
- Prevalence of preoperative anemia
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Preoperative anemia prevalence (383/820)
46.7%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with preoperative anemia (multivariable logistic regression)
| AOR (CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Emergency orthopedic cases | 3.014 (2.480–5.717) | |
| Traumatic related orthopedic cases | 2.01 (1.480–3.21) | |
| Repeated history of anesthesia and orthopedic surgery | 3.11 (1.480–3.54) | |
| Presence of coexisting diseases | 1.501 (1.002–3.74) | |
| Preoperative blood loss greater than 500 ml | 3.001 (2.012–5.104) | |
| 0.20.5125Adjusted odds ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Prevalence and severity of preoperative anemia, and associated factors among orthopedic patients at public comprehensive referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia 2024: multi- center cross-sectional study. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 13 November 2025. doi:10.
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