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Is it mandatory to take lazix after each transfusion? why?
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Useful.: It is not mandatory, but often do, since blood transfusion increase overall fluid status of the body and can have severe symptoms related. More often needed if one get more than one unit and elderly or has weak kidney or heart or already has fluid over load and not able to take care of fast volume increase by body, ' self mechanism.
Answered 9/28/2016
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