The researchers studied 17,676 patients with acute myocardial infarction who developed anemia in the hospital. They found that the patients who developed hospital-acquired anemia had a higher phlebotomy volume compared to those without hospital-acquired anemia. In addition, the risk of moderate to severe hospital-acquired anemia rose by 18 percent for every 50 mL of blood drawn.
The authors suggest hospital-acquired anemia may be prevented by limiting blood loss from phlebotomy.
Read the Archives of Internal Medicine article on hospital-acquired anemia.
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