A 64-year-old hospitalized patient without active bleeding has hemoglobin 6.8 g/dL. He is hemodynamically stable and asymptomatic. What is recommended...

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A 64-year-old hospitalized patient without active bleeding has hemoglobin 6.8 g/dL. He is hemodynamically stable and asymptomatic. What is recommended?

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Transfuse because Hgb

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Transfuse only if Hgb

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Transfuse when Hgb

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Transfuse when symptomatic regardless of Hgb

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Transfuse only if Hgb

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Transfusion Strategy

A 64-year-old hospitalized patient without active bleeding has hemoglobin 6.8 g/dL. He is hemodynamically stable and asymptomatic. What is recommended?