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- Title
Diagnostic blood loss from phlebotomy and hospital-acquired anemia during acute myocardial infarction.
- Authors
Salisbury, Adam C; Reid, Kimberly J; Alexander, Karen P; Masoudi, Frederick A; Lai, Sue-Min; Chan, Paul S; Bach, Richard G; Wang, Tracy Y; Spertus, John A; Kosiborod, Mikhail
- Abstract
Hospital-acquired anemia (HAA) during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with higher mortality and worse health status and often develops in the absence of recognized bleeding. The extent to which diagnostic phlebotomy, a modifiable process of care, contributes to HAA is unknown.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2011, Vol 171, Issue 18, p1646
- ISSN
1538-3679
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinternmed.2011.361