Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Anemia, transfusion, and phlebotomy practices in critically ill patients with prolonged ICU length of stay: a cohort study. | Available online http content 10 5 R140 Research Anemia transfusion and phlebotomy practices in critically ill patients with prolonged ICU length of stay a cohort study Clarence Chant1 2 Gail Wilson2 and Jan O Friedrich3 Open Access Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy University of Toronto 144 College Street Toronto Ontario Canada M5S 3M2 Specialized Complex Care Program St. Michael s Hospital 30 Bond Street Toronto Ontario Canada M5B 1W8 interdepartmental Division of Critical Care University of Toronto and Critical Care and Medicine Departments St. Michael s Hospital 30 Bond Street Toronto Ontario Canada M5B 1W8 Corresponding author Jan O Friedrich Received 1 Jul 2006 Revisions requested 27 Jul 2006 Revisions received 18 Aug 2006 Accepted 26 Sep 2006 Published 26 Sep 2006 Critical Care 2006 10 R140 doi cc5054 This article is online at http content 10 5 R1 40 2006 Chant et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Anemia among the critically ill has been described in patients with short to medium length of stay LOS in the intensive care unit ICU but it has not been described in long-stay ICU patients. This study was performed to characterize anemia transfusion and phlebotomy practices in patients with prolonged ICU LOS. Methods We conducted a retrospective chart review of consecutive patients admitted to a medical-surgical ICU in a tertiary care university hospital over three years patients included had a continuous LOS in the ICU of 30 days or longer. Information on transfusion phlebotomy and outcomes were collected daily from days 22 to 112 of the ICU stay. Results A total of 155 patients were enrolled. The mean age admission Acute .
