Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
How low a blood count can a surgeon safely take a patient into or not worrying about blood transfusion prior to a major andominal surgery?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Depends: Your ability to tolerate an operation depends upon your symptoms associated with low blood counts. If you have high heart rate or low blood pressure, then you might need to consider a blood transfusion prior to surgery. Some patients can tolerate very low blood counts (5-7) but it carries a risk. You should talk directly with surgeon to discuss these risks. Open, honest conversations are best.
Answered 12/9/2013
5.4k views
Depends: How much anemia a person can tolerate depends upon the person's overall medical condition. Your physician should know your medical history to determine your margin of safety for surgery.
Answered 12/16/2012
5.4k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
A geriatric patient who has had open heart surgery years ago and recently had a stroke and is on blood thinners, can he take aleve (naproxen)?
8 doctors weighed in across 5 answers
A member asked:
What happens during robotic surgery if the patients blood pressure goes too high or drops too low?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
During prostatectomy surgery, what would happen if the patients blood pressure went too high or dropped too low?
4 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
How long would it take for blood count to drop after transfussion in a patient with polymalgia?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
I had to have 2 blood transfusions in December '16 after a surgery. Since then I can't take hardly any of the medicines I used to take without getting violently ill. Could the Blood Transfusions have something to do with all of this? Thank you!
Would it be so unusual to ask my oncologist surgeon who will do major open surgery on me for first time if there is a patient willing to talk about the intensive experience even though everyone's body acts differently to major side effects, etc. ?
Covid the hospitals Not surgeries I spent two weeks October for septic University of Iowa Bowel surgery 2016 Now Severe ABD pain throwing up daily surgeon in town said never touch scar tissue other dr take it out Everything comes out liquid/blood?
My daughter is a beta thalassaemia major patient & taking regular blood transfusion for 10 yrs. Now she has hep c type 4 &viral load is 133964. Cure?
Why thalassemia patient take transfusion without plasma or white blood?Is plasma harmful?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
