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There is one thing I would like to add to the flowsheet for management of preoperative anemia that Hohmuth et al.[1] have incorporated into their recent review titled Patient‐Centered Blood Management. Anemia of chronic disease, now called anemia of chronic inflammation,[2] is still a diagnosis of exclusion, and I would recommend a hematology evaluation before the final step of starting somebody on erythropoietic agents.

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  1. Hohmuth B, Ozawa S, Ashton M, Melseth RL. Patient‐centered blood management. J Hosp Med. 2014;9(1):6065.
  2. Adamson J. The anemia of chronic inflammation. In: Balducci L, Ershler WB, Bennett JM, eds. Anemia in the Elderly. New York, NY: Springer; 2007:5159.
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There is one thing I would like to add to the flowsheet for management of preoperative anemia that Hohmuth et al.[1] have incorporated into their recent review titled Patient‐Centered Blood Management. Anemia of chronic disease, now called anemia of chronic inflammation,[2] is still a diagnosis of exclusion, and I would recommend a hematology evaluation before the final step of starting somebody on erythropoietic agents.

There is one thing I would like to add to the flowsheet for management of preoperative anemia that Hohmuth et al.[1] have incorporated into their recent review titled Patient‐Centered Blood Management. Anemia of chronic disease, now called anemia of chronic inflammation,[2] is still a diagnosis of exclusion, and I would recommend a hematology evaluation before the final step of starting somebody on erythropoietic agents.

References
  1. Hohmuth B, Ozawa S, Ashton M, Melseth RL. Patient‐centered blood management. J Hosp Med. 2014;9(1):6065.
  2. Adamson J. The anemia of chronic inflammation. In: Balducci L, Ershler WB, Bennett JM, eds. Anemia in the Elderly. New York, NY: Springer; 2007:5159.
References
  1. Hohmuth B, Ozawa S, Ashton M, Melseth RL. Patient‐centered blood management. J Hosp Med. 2014;9(1):6065.
  2. Adamson J. The anemia of chronic inflammation. In: Balducci L, Ershler WB, Bennett JM, eds. Anemia in the Elderly. New York, NY: Springer; 2007:5159.
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