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How Long Does The Patient Live With Hemoglobin Level Of 4 And Lung Cancer?
my father s has has hemoglobin level of 4 for about 3 days now.. he has lung cancer and MS and is on hospice .. they say he woud not make it thru the weekend , but it is monday now and he is still here.. how long can you live with that low of hemoglobin
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Your fathers haemoglobin is very low of 4.
I suggest u do at least 4 units of packed red blood cell transfusion to improve the haemoglobin to at least 8.
If u dont improve the haemoglobin then he may not survive more than 2 days.
Regards
DR De
I suggest u do at least 4 units of packed red blood cell transfusion to improve the haemoglobin to at least 8.
If u dont improve the haemoglobin then he may not survive more than 2 days.
Regards
DR De
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