Medicina e ciência

Blood Loss From Hospital Tests May Cause Anemia in Patients, Study Finds

By Oliver Renick

Patients who enter hospitals due to heart attacks may be leaving with anemia caused by laboratory tests that draw too much blood, raising their risk of declining health and death, a study found...
“The amount of blood we take from patients is a major risk factor” for anemia, Kosiborod said. “If they have other medical problems their body can’t regenerate blood cells fast enough.”
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