Death below 2 g/dL of Hemoglobin Concentrations: As an Independent Predictor of Death.
- Author:
Sun Young PARK
1
;
Sung Hyun KANG
;
Sang Hoon PARK
;
Hea Rim JEON
;
Mun Gyu KIM
;
Se Jin LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Sunchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sunnypark97@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anemia;
Hemoglobins;
Mortality
- MeSH:
Anemia;
Female;
Hemodilution;
Hemoglobins;
Hemorrhage;
Humans
- From:Soonchunhyang Medical Science
2013;19(1):45-48
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Fifty three years old, healthy female patient had presented an acute severe anemia after intestinal bleeding within 2 days. She was hemodynamically stable even during extreme hemodilution with hemoglobin (Hb) below 3 g/dL. However, her condition deteriorated dramatically after Hb nearly 2 g/dL. The patient died solely of anemia at a hemoglobin concentration of 1.2 g/dL. We presumed the hemoglobin concentrations below 2 g/dL are maximally life-threatening; this is the terminal hemoglobin threshold that the hemoglobin concentration could be an independent predictor of death.
