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What if i'm having haemoglobin 8.2, doctor suggested to have blood infusion before the kidney operation tomorrow morning?
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Do it: Your anemia is serious and a cause needs to be found. It's your physician's call as to whether to transfuse you before your kidney surgery. Blood component therapy today is safer than highway travel -- not risk-free, and not to be undertaken lightly, but in this case probably indicated.
Answered 8/20/2013
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Good idea : If you want to heal and you want to have some reserve for the surgery , you need a blood transfusion.
Answered 8/21/2013
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