Hospital-Acquired Anemia: A Contemporary Review of Etiologies and Prevention Strategies.
Advances in medicine have significantly improved lives and life spans globally. However, these practices have come with their own set of secondary consequences. Hospital-acquired anemia is one such consequence and is conferred by new medicines, operations, procedures, and tests. In this review, the authors will explore the data on this poorly considered phenomenon and discuss the etiologies, outcomes, and prevention strategies for some of the more prolific causes of hospital-acquired anemia. This study also will review the risks and benefits of treating hospital-acquired anemia.
Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Martin); Drexel University/Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Dr Scantling). Niels D. Martin, MD, FACS, is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the medical director of the surgical intensive care unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dane Scantling, DO, MPH, is a general surgery resident at Drexel University/Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors