Virtual Breakout session 12 p.m. A Major Contributor to Anemia of Critical Illness
A Major Contributor to Anemia of Critical Illness
Trauma and Infection have traditionally been associated with hypercoagulopathy and hence, infected trauma patients should be less likely to require transfusions for anemia.
However, our results show a higher need for transfusion in infected patients with infection being the strongest predictor of transfusion in trauma patients after the initial resuscitation period which supports the notion that infection causes a hypocoagulable state at least in the initial phase of infection. Hence, unexplained anemia should prompt an infection workup.
Muhammad Hassan Nadeem, MD. General Surgery Resident PGY-5. Affiliation: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
Fifth-year General Surgery resident at Western Michigan University. Received a medical degree in Pakistan and will begin practice as a rural general surgeon at Three Rivers Hospital in Michigan following graduation in September 2026.
