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dc.contributor.authorHamid, Mohammed
dc.contributor.authorNaz, Aysha
dc.contributor.authorAlawattegama, Lakna H
dc.contributor.authorSteed, Helen
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-31T10:35:54Z
dc.date.available2021-08-31T10:35:54Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-18
dc.identifier.citationHamid, M., Naz, A., Alawattegama, L.H. and Steed, H. (2021) The Prevalence of Anaemia in a District General Hospital in the United Kingdom. Cureus 13(5): e15086. doi:10.7759/cureus.15086en
dc.identifier.issn2168-8184en
dc.identifier.pmid34155456 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.doi10.7759/cureus.15086en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/624299
dc.description© 2021 The Authors. Published by Cureus, Inc. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: doi:10.7759/cureus.15086en
dc.description.abstractAim Investigating the prevalence of hospital-acquired anaemia in a United Kingdom (UK) secondary care setting to describe the level of appropriate management prior to discharge back to primary care. Design and settings An observational study of 13 medical and surgical wards in a UK district general hospital. Method Single-day examination of notes, blood results and drug charts, with a 30-day follow up, using pre-set definitions of anaemia and exclusion criteria. Results Two hundred and sixty-seven patients were included. Of them, 52% were anaemic on admission, 62.2% were anaemic on the study day, 16% had hospital-acquired anaemia and 49%-82% had no biochemical indices checked during the admission or in the last 12 months. Also, 53% of anaemic patients are being discharged without appropriate treatment, with over a third being under-investigated. Conclusion The prevalence of anaemia in a UK district general hospital is high. Causes of anaemia are complex, posing a potentially modifiable risk factor for falls, readmission and mortality.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCureus, Inc.en
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.cureus.com/articles/58360-the-prevalence-of-anaemia-in-a-district-general-hospital-in-the-united-kingdom#article-information-publication-historyen
dc.rightsLicence for published version: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectbiochemical investigationen
dc.subjectfallsen
dc.subject30 day mortalityen
dc.subject30 day readmissionen
dc.subjectgeneral practiceen
dc.subjectmodifiable risken
dc.subjectanaemiaen
dc.subjecthospitalen
dc.subjectprevalenceen
dc.titleThe prevalence of anaemia in a district general hospital in the United Kingdomen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn2168-8184
dc.identifier.journalCureusen
dc.date.updated2021-08-26T15:22:53Z
dc.contributor.institutionGeneral Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Birmingham, GBR.
pubs.place-of-publicationUnited States
dc.date.accepted2021-05-10
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW31082021HSen
rioxxterms.versionVoRen
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-08-31en
dc.source.volume13
dc.source.issue5
dc.source.beginpagee15086
dc.description.versionPublished version
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refterms.dateFOA2021-08-31T10:35:55Z


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