Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are underrecognized, undertreated with iron, and overtransfused. A 3‐month audit of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions at the… Click to show full abstract
Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are underrecognized, undertreated with iron, and overtransfused. A 3‐month audit of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ED in 2013 showed that only 53% of transfusions for IDA were appropriate. The aim of this quality improvement project was to increase the rate of appropriate transfusion to greater than 80%.
Keywords:
emergency department;
deficiency anemia;
iron deficiency;
presenting emergency
Journal Title: Transfusion
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Transfusion
Year Published: 2018
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