I saw this patient several months before these labs were obt | Figure 1

kurthelgerson

Family Medicine

I saw this patient several months before these labs were obtained, and commented on his pallor then. He is in his 40s, but due to costs he put off following through on my ordered labs until recently. When I saw these, I called him and he was shocked at my idea of going to the ER. Then they put him in the Intensive Care Unit. No melana or bloody stools. What is the lowest walking Hemoglobin you have seen? Work up in progress.

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