Search results for "Transfusion"
Very elderly patients can benefit from well-managed vitamin K antagonist thromboprophylaxis, study suggests
Adequate management of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) therapy in trained centers allowed very old and frail patients to benefit from VKA thromboprophylaxis, an Italian study concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/10/3.htm
10 Aug 2011
Rates of transfusion-related babesiosis increasing in the U.S., study finds
Rates of babesiosis related to blood transfusions are increasing in the U.S., according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/14/5.htm
14 Sep 2011
In the News
Treating hypertension in the elderly, predicting ICD complication risk, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/itn.htm
15 Oct 2011
Top Docs
Our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2011
Warnings on citalopram, ondansetron; polypill approved
Details on new warnings for higher doses of citalopram hydrobromide, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/fda.htm
15 Nov 2011
Test yourself: MKSAP quiz on hematology
These cases and commentary, which address hematology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2011
Clinicians can use lower hemoglobin threshold for transfusion after hip fracture
A lower hemoglobin threshold for blood transfusion after hip fracture surgery yielded similar outcomes as a more liberal threshold in older patients at high risk of cardiac disease, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/21/2.htm
21 Dec 2011
Recent Research
Hospitalist care and post-discharge costs, very elderly patients and vitamin K thromboprophylaxis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2012
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Blood transfusion is not required to substantiate the diag-nosis of acute blood loss anemia. ... However, if a transfusion isnecessary, acute blood loss anemia is almost certainly present,since transfusions are not given to patients who don’t have ane-mia or will not become anemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/acph-201202-coding_t1.pdf
9 Feb 2012
Bleeding and acute blood loss anemia
In coding, anemia is a separate identifiable condition that contributes independently to patient risk and severity of illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/coding.htm
15 Feb 2012