Very rarely are blood transfusions needed during a hip replacement.It is true a certain amount of blood is lost and post-surgical hemoglobin levels usually drop to low-normal or slightly lower. These days transfusions are given only if the hemoglobin is below 7 or 8 (male normal is 13-17) or a person is…

Very rarely are blood transfusions needed during a hip replacement.It is true a certain amount of blood is lost and post-surgical hemoglobin levels usually drop to low-normal or slightly lower. These days transfusions are given only if the hemoglobin is below 7 or 8 (male normal is 13-17) or a person is…

I had my abortion in 1983, when I was a young, single nurse. I got pregnant the first time I had sex. We used foam (was waiting for my IUD appointment). It was covered by insurance, everyone was lovely to me. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I knew immediately I would get an abortion and have never regretted it.

That is not how it works. Clots from legs go to the right side of the heart and then to the lungs, which then gives you a pulmonary embolism. Blood flow to the brain comes out of the left side of the heart. The only way to get a clot from legs to brain is if you have a hole in your heart (patent foramen ovale or…