Anemia management program reduces costs.(Hematology)

Publication: Internal Medicine News

Publication Date: 15-DEC-04

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SEATTLE -- Implementation of an anemia management program was linked to substantial reductions in packed red blood cell transfusions without detrimental effects on clinical outcomes at a Pennsylvania hospital, Elliott R. Haut, M.D., reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.

Six months after the program...

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