Bone marrow biopsies: A hospitalist bedside procedure service 5‐year experience

Abstract

Background: Bone marrow aspiration and biopsies (BMAB) are a relatively frequent procedure needed in the inpatient setting, especially in a tertiary care center.Objective: Procedure-focused hospitalists can provide an excellent option for doing inpatient BMAB. Here we present five years of experience with a hospitalist bedside procedure service (BPS) performing BMAB.

Expansion of hospital medicine procedure services: Better or just more?

“…In this issue of Journal of Hospital Medicine , Swartz et al 5 describe another HMP expansion, reporting the 5‐year outcomes of HMPS performing bone marrow biopsy and aspiration (BMBA) in an academic medical center. During the study period, the group performed 432 BMBA with a success rate of nearly 90%.…”