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Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Restricted Diagnostic Phlebotomy to Avoid Iatrogenic Anemia

Hospital-acquired anemia: prevalence, outcomes, and healthcare implications. (opens new window)

Koch CG, Li L, Sun Z, Hixson ED, Tang A, Phillips SC, Blackstone EH, Henderson JM.

Source‎: J Hosp Med 2013;8(9):506-12.

Indexed‎: PubMed 23873739

DOI‎: 10.1002/jhm.2061

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23873739 (opens new window)

Contemporary bloodletting in cardiac surgical care. (opens new window)

Koch CG, Reineks EZ, Tang AS, Hixson ED, Phillips S, Sabik JF 3rd, Henderson JM, Blackstone EH.

Source‎: Ann Thorac Surg 2015;99(3):779-84.

Indexed‎: PubMed 25583464

DOI‎: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.09.062

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25583464 (opens new window)

Hospital-acquired anemia and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction. (opens new window)

Salisbury AC, Amin AP, Reid KJ, Wang TY, Masoudi FA, Chan PS, Alexander KP, Bach RG, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M.

Source‎: Am Heart J 2011;162(2):300-309.e3.

Indexed‎: PubMed 21835291

DOI‎: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.05.021

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21835291 (opens new window)

Diagnostic blood loss from phlebotomy and hospital-acquired anemia during acute myocardial infarction. (opens new window)

Salisbury AC, Reid KJ, Alexander KP, Masoudi FA, Lai SM, Chan PS, Bach RG, Wang TY, Spertus JA, Kosiborod M.

Source‎: Arch Intern Med 2011;171(18):1646-53.

Indexed‎: PubMed 21824940

DOI‎: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.361

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21824940 (opens new window)

Surgical vampires and rising health care expenditure: reducing the cost of daily phlebotomy. (opens new window)

Stuebing EA, Miner TJ.

Source‎: Arch Surg 2011;146(5):524-7.

Indexed‎: PubMed 21576605

DOI‎: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.103

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21576605 (opens new window)

Do blood tests cause anemia in hospitalized patients? The effect of diagnostic phlebotomy on hemoglobin and hematocrit levels. (opens new window)

Thavendiranathan P, Bagai A, Ebidia A, Detsky AS, Choudhry NK.

Source‎: J Gen Intern Med 2005;20(6):520-4.

Indexed‎: PubMed 15987327

DOI‎: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0094.x

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15987327 (opens new window)

Point-of-care testing: a prospective, randomized clinical trial of efficacy in coagulopathic cardiac surgery patients. (opens new window)

Weber CF, Görlinger K, Meininger D, Herrmann E, Bingold T, Moritz A, Cohn LH, Zacharowski K.

Source‎: Anesthesiology 2012;117(3):531-47.

Indexed‎: PubMed 22914710

DOI‎: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318264c644

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22914710 (opens new window)