Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Hospital-Acquired Anemia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although hypothesized to be a hazard of hospitalization, it is unclear whether hospital-acquired anemia (HAA) is associated with increased adverse outcomes following discharge.

Objective

To examine the incidence, predictors, and postdischarge outcomes associated with HAA.

Design

Observational cohort study using electronic health record data.

Subjects

Consecutive medicine discharges between November 1, 2009 and October 30, 2010 from 6 Texas hospitals, including safety-net, teaching, and nonteaching sites. Patients with anemia on admission or missing hematocrit values at admission or discharge were excluded.

Measures

HAA was defined using the last hematocrit value prior to discharge and categorized by severity. The primary outcome was a composit

SUBMITTER: Makam AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5812482 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature