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Blood transfusions are dropping in U.S. hospitals
February 27, 2018
The frequency of red blood cell transfusions declined between 2011 and 2014, but what’s driving the change?
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Transfusion threshold and bleeding risk in malignancy-related thrombocytopenia
February 22, 2018
What are laboratory predictors of bleeding in patients with thrombocytopenia, and what is the effect of platelet or RBC transfusion on actively bleeding patients?
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When should I transfuse a patient who has anemia?
December 19, 2017
In the presence of active blood loss or hemodynamic instability, blood transfusion should be considered independent of the initial hemoglobin level.
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Guideline preview: ASH to recommend against VTE prophylaxis for lower-risk cancer patients
December 10, 2017
ATLANTA – ASH attendees got a preview of forthcoming recommendations on prevention and treatment of VTE in patients with cancer.
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Acute kidney injury linked with doubled inpatient VTEs
December 8, 2017
TORONTO – Which comes first: the acute kidney injury or the venous thromboembolism?
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Caprini score is not a good predictor of PE in patients with DVT
October 25, 2017
Commonly used model failed to predict pulmonary embolism in patients with DVT.
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Hospital-acquired anemia
September 26, 2017
Clinical question: Is hospital acquired anemia associated with increased postdischarge adverse outcomes?
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PVC phlebitis rates varied widely, depending on assessment tool
August 21, 2017
Rates also varied within individual instruments because they included several possible case definitions.
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Idarucizumab reversed dabigatran completely and rapidly in study
July 11, 2017
One drug reversed the anticoagulant effect of another completely and rapidly.
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Application of the MASCC and CISNE risk-stratification scores to identify low-risk febrile neutropenic patients in the emergency department
June 12, 2017
Does the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) or Clinical Index of Stable Febrile Neutropenia (CISNE) risk-stratification score better predict patient outcomes in patients presenting to emergency departments with febrile neutropenia?