Hemoglobin Monitoring in Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Are We Monitoring Blood Counts Too Frequently?

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a common cause of hospital admission. However, there are little data to inform practice around blood count monitoring-a cornerstone of management. We hypothesized that more frequent testing leads to increased resource utilization without improvement in patient outcomes.This retrospective observational cohort study examined all patients admitted to a large academic medical institution primarily for gastrointestinal...