A Retrospective Study Investigating the Incidence and Predisposing Factors of Hospital-Acquired Anemia

Joint Authors

Kurniali, Peter C.
Curry, Stephanie
Brennan, Keith W.
Velletri, Kim
Shaik, Mohammed
Schwartz, Kenneth A.
McCormack, Elise

Source

Anemia

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-12-21

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Hospitalized patients frequently have considerable volumes of blood removed for diagnostic testing which could lead to the development of hospital-acquired anemia.

Low hemoglobin levels during hospitalization may result in significant morbidity for patients with underlying cardiorespiratory and other illnesses.

We performed a retrospective study and data was collected using a chart review facilitated through an electronic medical record.

A total of 479 patients who were not anemic during admission were included in analysis.

In our study, we investigated the incidence of HAA and found that, between admission and discharge, 65% of patients dropped their hemoglobin by 1.0 g/dL or more, and 49% of patients developed anemia.

We also found that the decrease in hemoglobin between admission and discharge did not differ significantly with smaller phlebotomy tubes.

In multivariate analysis, we found that patients with longer hospitalization and those with lower BMI are at higher risk of developing HAA.

In conclusion, our study confirms that hospital-acquired anemia is common.

More aggressive strategies such as reducing the frequency of blood draws and expanding the use of smaller volume tubes for other laboratory panels may be helpful in reducing the incidence of HAA during hospitalization.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Kurniali, Peter C.& Curry, Stephanie& Brennan, Keith W.& Velletri, Kim& Shaik, Mohammed& Schwartz, Kenneth A.…[et al.]. 2014. A Retrospective Study Investigating the Incidence and Predisposing Factors of Hospital-Acquired Anemia. Anemia،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1015945

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Kurniali, Peter C.…[et al.]. A Retrospective Study Investigating the Incidence and Predisposing Factors of Hospital-Acquired Anemia. Anemia No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1015945

American Medical Association (AMA)

Kurniali, Peter C.& Curry, Stephanie& Brennan, Keith W.& Velletri, Kim& Shaik, Mohammed& Schwartz, Kenneth A.…[et al.]. A Retrospective Study Investigating the Incidence and Predisposing Factors of Hospital-Acquired Anemia. Anemia. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1015945

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1015945