A 61-year-old man with an UGI bleed is stabilized after endoscopic hemostasis. Hgb is 7.6 g/dL. He asks about transfusion thresholds generally in medi...

Question

A 61-year-old man with an UGI bleed is stabilized after endoscopic hemostasis. Hgb is 7.6 g/dL. He asks about transfusion thresholds generally in medical inpatients. Which is true?

Accepted Answer

Restrictive strategy with threshold

Answer

Universal threshold

Answer

Orthopedic surgery patients require threshold

Answer

Cardiac surgery patients require threshold

Answer

Patients with preexisting cardiovascular disease should never be transfused below 8 g/dL

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Transfusion Thresholds

A 61-year-old man with an UGI bleed is stabilized after endoscopic hemostasis. Hgb is 7.6 g/dL. He asks about transfusion thresholds generally in medical inpatients. Which is true?