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The intensive care unit anemia score |
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| Risk factor |
Pointsc |
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| Abnormal lactatea (> 1.5 mg/dl) |
6 |
| Inotropic support |
5 |
| Surgical patient |
11 |
| Non-emergent surgery |
5 |
| Each g/dl of hemoglobin less than 14 g/dla,b |
3 |
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aCalculated as the worst value at 6 hours after admission to intensive care unit. bIf baseline hemoglobin is 14 g/dl or more, the deficit is 0. cFor example, a surgical patient (11 points) with a lactate concentration of 4.0 g/dl (6 points) and a hemoglobin level of 9 g/dl (15 points) earns 32 points. From Figure 3, this corresponds to a risk of late anemia of 42.4%. | |
Milbrandt et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R39 doi:10.1186/cc4847 |
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