Case 7 (9/08/2013): Patient Presentation

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… This 112 year-old male was admitted with shortness of breath and placed on broad spectrum antibiotic coverage. You may assume that information not listed in the patient case sheet was either not recorded or not significant. The hemoglobin on admission is 11.4 gm/dL and declined to 8.3 gm/dL, 78 hours post-admission. From a transfusion medicine aspect, how should this patient be managed?

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