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85 year old man with CHF reduced kidney function anemia and edema is given blood transfusions lasic every other week along with anti nusea medication How long can this go on?
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∙ 13y ago
Well the lasix, which is a diuretic is probably going to be prescribed indefinitely because of the CHF, reduced kidney function and edema. The blood transfusions may stop once your blood labs improve. It's hard to tell because I don't know if the anemia is a long term condition or a complication. Mostly what they look at is your hemoglobin in your blood labs. If your hemoglobin levels improve, and the anemia gets better then it will be up to your doctor. You can however, be on blood transfusions indefinitely. A lot of the times nausea can be caused by fluid volume overload, which sounds like a complication you have from the CHF, so this medication is indefinite too.
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