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Table 2 Adverse event categories

From: Adverse events of iron and/or erythropoiesis-stimulating agent therapy in preoperatively anemic elective surgery patients: a systematic review

Adverse event category

Examples of individual adverse events

Gastrointestinal

• Diarrhea

• Constipation

• Dyspepsia

• Nausea

Mucocutaneous

• Rash

• Urticaria

• Erythema

• Palor

Autonomic

• Fever

Neuro-psychosomatic

• Myalgia

• Injection pain

• Headache

Neurological

• Postoperative ileus

• Vertigo

• Dysgeusia

Wound healing

• Poor wound healing

• Delayed wound healing

Bronchopulmonary

• Dyspnea

• Respiratory failure

Infectious

• Surgical wound infection

• Urinary tract infection

• Septic shock

• Pneumonia

Bleeding

• Upper gastrointestinal bleed

Cardiovascular

• Atrial fibrillation

• Cardiac tamponade

• Hypertension

• Tachycardia

Renal

• Need for renal replacement therapy

Anemia-associated ischemic

• Myocardial infarction

• Myocardial ischemia

• Stroke

• Transient ischemic attack

• Bowel ischemia

• Acute kidney injury

• Acute limb ischemia

Thromboembolic

• Deep venous thrombosis

• Pulmonary embolism

• Other thrombotic events

Mortality and survival

• Mortality

• Survival

Other

• Muscle spasms

• Allergy

• Convulsions

• Need for reoperation