The effect of red-blood-cell transfusion on fatigue in hospitalized patients with anaemia.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Guidelines suggest that red-blood-cell transfusion decisions for most hospitalized patients be based on haemoglobin (Hb) concentration and the presence of symptoms of anaemia, including fatigue. However, studies differ in whether transfusion is associated with improvements in fatigue. One explanation is that the benefit of transfusion varies by baseline fatigue levels, which existing studies have not examined. The objective of this study was to determine whether the association between transfusion during hospitalization and improvements in fatigue 30 days postdischarge varies by baseline fatigue level.

Methods

A prospective observational study of hospitalized general medicine patients with any Hb <9 g/dl. Patients with sickle cell anaemia and gastroi

SUBMITTER: Prochaska MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191327 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature