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What's the lowest HB an adult male can tolerate without transfusions?
My brother is one month post ATG and they are trying to give him the least amount of blood products possible while we wait to for them to confirm a possible matched unrelated donor. He has in a space of a week dropped from a Hb of 77 to 67 g/L or 6.7 g/DL, I know it depends on what he is able to tolerate and he seems to be tolerating it preety well but I worry that we probably shouldn't go too much under this with his weight at 108kgs. What is the lowest an adult male can go? Is the risk of developing antibodies to blood products if he will have a BMT greater than the risks of living with such a low hb count?
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Caroline, sister of Marco age 30; diagnosed SAA Aug 2013; treated with ATG Sept 2013; 10/10 MUD BMT Dec 2013; currently on cyclosporine.
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