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Low baseline hemoglobin concentration is associated with poorer surgical outcome but transfusion... by David Smith, MD Wu and associates did a retrospective cohort study using the Veterans Administration National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (NSQIP) to examine the relationship between pre operative hemoglobin and 30 day post operative death or cardiac events after non cardiac surgery in patients older than 65. A total of 310,311 patients operated ... Read on »

Today's clinic visit was fairly ... by ANNGREGORY74 Patient Expert

Today's clinic visit was fairly routine. I needed a unit of blood due to low hemoglobin, so it was a very long day. The only surprise was that my tacro level was elevated yet again. I have to hold tonight's dose and reduce my daily dose to 1mg a ... Read on »

Hemoglobin Nose Dive by Florence F. Patient Expert

Yup, my hemoglobin took a nose dive. It went from 124 (or 12.4) to 102 (or 10.2). It most certainly explains my extreme fatigue, especially for the past few weeks. Yesterday, while on the way to school, I saw a couple of my classmates on the subway and on the streetcar. We all discussed how tired we were and how we all didn't know if we were go ... Read on »

FCM, Hemoglobin Seminar, Class Meeting, and Anatomy Office Hours by CCLCM Student .. Medical Student

We had a joint FCM session with Case today. Since we had complained a lot about being segregated by program last month when we went over there, the good news is that the powers that be assigned us to mixed small groups so that we could interact with the UP students. However, these excellent intentions were thwarted by the speaker, who droned on for ... Read on »

Anemia. by Melting Mama Patient Expert

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... ed and we won't change the date from October 30th, ever. Fine, because I plan to paint the belly orange and pumpkin-like anyway in October. Lastly, he tells me that I've got low hemoglobin. I thought maybe I would have recieved notice of that when the blood levels were drawn a month ago. He writes on my chart " B -( somethingorotherIthinkB1 ... Read on »

May Updates by ffong Jaylon attended his 3rd grade field trip at the California Science Center last Thursday. The following day on Friday he received a blood transfusion due to his low hemoglobin. After the transfusion he was re-energized for the weekend. Jay played in two playoff games for his Rockies baseball team as they advanced within one game of ... Read on »

low by Melting Mama Patient Expert

I eat something as I go to bed every night - to ease the hole the Topamax is going to burn in my non-acid producing stomach, and, to reduce the hypoglycemia likelihood in the night.It didn't work tonight.I just had a good low. I'm up here, shaking, gnawing on my glucose tablets.One hour ago: I had eaten about seven whole grain flax tortilla chips ... Read on »

CT Scan results by Beth Morton ... ncer had metastasized (spread) to my liver, but chemo can also affect it too. Very good news, its just the chemo (yes, a bit of sarcasm there). I also talked to her about my low hemoglobin counts. She said again its the chemo doing it, there's nothing I can do to adjust for it. I'm anemic now, and will feel more tired, and light headed or dizzy wh ... Read on »

Anemia may be associated with development of PD by heroteo heroteo ... the Mayo Clinic. Hemoglobin is the protein that transports oxygen in the blood, an essential element for life. "We looked at both anemia as diagnosed by a physician and low hemoglobin values," Rocca says. "Both were associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. This might indicate that Parkinson's disease actually starts ... Read on »