Figure 4

Discharge hemoglobin values among hospital survivors. For this graph, we analyzed the last hemoglobin measurement in subjects discharged alive from the hospital (n = 1806). Hemoglobin was measured on the day of discharge in 512 (28.3%) subjects and within 48 hours before discharge in an additional 795 (44%) subjects. For a minority of subjects (n = 164, 9%), the last available hemoglobin concentration measurement was more than 96 hours before discharge. Mean (SD) discharge hemoglobin was 11.9 (1.8) g/dL, indicating that the average hospital survivor had mild anemia at discharge.