Anemia at Discharge in Elderly Trauma Patients Is Not Associated with Six-Month Mortality.

Authors

Adrian Ong, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Reading Hospital, Reading, PAFollow
Alison Muller, Trauma Services, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, Reading, PAFollow
Adam Sigal, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Reading Hospital-Tower Health, Reading, PA,Follow
Forrest Fernandez, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Reading Hospital, Reading, PA

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2019

Abstract

Few studies have evaluated outcomes in geriatric trauma patients discharged with anemia. Our hypothesis was that anemia at discharge was not associated with six-month mortality. A 22-month retrospective study of trauma patients ≥ 65 years was conducted from 2015 to 2016. The end point was six-month mortality. The degree of anemia at admission (admission hemoglobin [AHb]) and discharge (discharge hemoglobin [DHb]) was categorized as follows based on hemoglobin (Hb) (g/dL): I (>10), II (>9 and ≤10), III (>8 and ≤9), and IV (≤8). Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis were performed to determine the association of AHb and DHb with the end point. Nine hundred forty-nine patients were analyzed (median age, 82 years). Six-month mortality was 11 per cent. Mortality was associated with AHb by univariate analysis (I: 10% [84/831]; II: 13% [9/67]; III: 22% [7/32]; and IV: 26% [5/19]) (

Volume

85

Issue

7

First Page

708

Last Page

711

Recommended Citation

Ong, A., Muller, A., Sigal, A., & Fernandez, F. (2019). Anemia at Discharge in Elderly Trauma Patients Is Not Associated with Six-Month Mortality.., 85 (7), 708-711. Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.towerhealth.org/gme_gen_surg_residency_read/9