Search results for "Transfusion"
May 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/
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
June 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/
Guidance offered on use of IV albumin
The recommendations from the International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines address several clinical settings and conditions, including critical care, cardiovascular surgery, and cirrhosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/guidance-offered-on-use-of-iv-albumin.htm
13 Mar 2024
Restrictive transfusion strategy as safe as liberal strategy after cardiac surgery
Model finds multimodal CT cost-effective to identify intra-arterial therapy candidates
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/20/3.htm
20 Oct 2010
Dabigatran associated with more transfusions, shorter ICU stays, less death than warfarin
Major bleeding patients who took dabigatran instead of warfarin needed more red cell transfusions but less plasma, and they had shorter ICU stays and a trend toward lower mortality, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/09/2.htm
9 Oct 2013
A transfusion threshold for everyone
Evidence indicates restrictive thresholds are better for most inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/a-transfusion-threshold-for-everyone.htm
15 Jun 2020
July 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/
Restrictive vs. liberal transfusion strategies may not matter after cardiac surgery
Restrictive transfusion thresholds after cardiac surgery didn't improve outcomes compared to liberal ones, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/18/1.htm
18 Mar 2015
Recent Research
Hospitalizations predicted to increase by 2050, attire recommendations issued, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/rr.htm
15 Jul 2014