Association of Serum Phosphate Levels and Anemia in Critically Ill Surgical Patients.

Abstract

Deranged serum phosphate (Phos) levels are associated with anemia in hospitalized patients, but their relevance to critical illness is unclear. Therefore, our goal was to investigate whether abnormal Phos on admission to the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with anemia.

Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr

Title: JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISSN: 0148-6071

ISSN (Print): 0148-6071

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 02 2016

Affiliations

[1 ] Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

[2 ] Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA University of California, Irvine, California, USA.

[3 ] Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

[4 ] Department of Nursing, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

[5 ] Department of Nutrition and Food Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

[6 ] Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA [e-mail].

Article

Publisher Item ID: 0148607115626415

DOI: 10.1177/0148607115626415

PubMed ID: 26838527