Soonchunhyang Med Sci.  2013 Jun;19(1):45-48.

Death below 2 g/dL of Hemoglobin Concentrations: As an Independent Predictor of Death

• Park SY
• Kang SH
• Park SH
• Jeon HR
• Kim MG
• Lee SJ

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.

Keyword

Anemia; Hemoglobins; Mortality

MeSH Terms

Anemia
Female
Hemodilution
Hemoglobins
Hemorrhage
Humans
Hemoglobins