#96 The Hgb bump: Mind the Gap Segment
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
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Did They Bump Appropriately?
The one grand perdesilator rule is correct on average for adults, but for a given patient and a unit of blood, it could be anywhere from point six to one point six bump after transfusion. The bigger the patient, technically they have more intra vascular volume, so the less i will expect the hemoglobin concentration to go up in that intra vascular space. Stay tuned after the credits if you want some additional details on the content we discussed to day.
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