Impact of Patient Blood Management on Red Blood Cell Utilization in an Urban Community Teaching Hospital: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study.

Objectives: This study aimed to showcase how implementing a patient blood management (PBM) program effectively cuts unnecessary red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in a New York City urban community teaching hospital.

Methods: Analyzing seven years from 2013 to 2019, a retrospective review of RBC transfusions was conducted.

Results: Following the introduction of PBM, considerable improvements were observed annually.

Stroke complicating percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Background: Stroke associated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a tragic complication. Despite advances in the practice of PCI, the incidence of stroke complicating PCI has not changed over the decades. The objective of the present study was to evaluate incidence and correlates of stroke occurring in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) undergoing PCI.

Medical management of inflammatory bowel disease in the new millennium.

The medical management of inflammatory bowel disease in the new millennium requires integrating cost concerns with the efficacy and safety profiles of the expanded therapeutic options available in order to achieve optimal patient outcome.