“…Preoperative anemia, vitamin, and iron deficiency should be corrected preoperatively, if possible. 34,35 Although of some benefit in cardiac surgery, consideration of intravenous iron therapy to improve hemoglobin levels 36 is not well established or studied in lung transplantation. Erythropoietin has not been well studied in lung transplantation, with limitations including an unknown surgery date and cost of the drug relative to the time to clinical benefit.…”