Improving Appropriateness of RBC Transfusion for Iron Deficiency Anemia Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department

Background: Patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are under recognized and over transfused. A 3-month audit of RBC transfusions at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC) ED conducted in 2013 suggested that 58% of those transfused for IDA were appropriate.

Source: Transfusion Medicine Reviews - June 18, 2017 Category: Hematology Authors: Fatima Khadadah, Jeannie Callum, Dominick Shelton, Yulia Lin Source Type: research