Anaemia is highly prevalent among unselected internal medicine inpatients and is associated with increased mortality, earlier readmission and more prolonged hospital stay: An observational retrospective cohort study

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 683-691

  Nathavitharana, R L ^a   Murray, J A ^b   D'Sousa, N ^d   Sheehan, T ^c   Frampton, C M ^e   Baker, B W ^d  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

^c ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hospital readmission; Inpatient; Length of stay; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862546133     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02566.x     Document Type: Article

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