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Given the risks, why do doctors prescribe blood transfusions?

April 26, 2017blood doctors given prescribe transfusions

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Given the risks, why do doctors prescribe blood transfusions?

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Blood saves lives, however, like all drugs, it has risks. The latest guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association state that avoidance of transfusion is ideal to the extent that avoidance is not likely to be a more serious risk than the transfusion.