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'''Monitoring'''
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The best way to monitor '''blood''' counts is by checking a complete '''blood''' count (CBC) or the lesser useful incomplete '''blood''' count (IBC).<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/04/cbc-replaced-by-incomplete-blood-count/ CBC to be Replaced by Cheaper Incomplete Blood Count (Gomerblog)]</ref> In the event the sample is hemolyzed, be sure to ask lab nicely and it will spontaneously unhemolyze.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/03/blood-sample-spontaneously-unhemolyzes/ Blood Sample Spontaneously Unhemolyzes Because Nurse Asks Nicely (Gomerblog)]</ref>
'''Treatments'''
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#''Blood donation'' - '''Blood''' donation is always a benevolent act whereby a person donates '''blood''' in exchange for symptomatic anemia, only to be transfused with the '''blood''' they just donated. Donated '''blood''' is kept in a '''blood bank''', which charges an APY of 1.05%.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/07/blood-products/ Blood Bank to Require More Paperwork, First-Born Child to Release Blood Products (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/blood-bank/ 1 in 4 Americans Have No Emergency Savings in Their Blood Banks (Gomerblog)]</ref> ''For more information, see [[Blood Consent Form]] and [[Blood Types]].''
#''Blood transfusion'' - '''Blood''' transfusion is the infusion of '''blood''' products in someone who is anemic to due to '''blood''' loss, whether or not it is related to phlebotomy or yanking out one's [[Foley Catheter|Foley catheter]] out of curiosity.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/09/patient-looks-forward-yanking-foley-horrific-bloodbath/ Patient Can’t Wait to Yank Out Foley, Cause Bloodbath (Gomerblog)]</ref> A current hot topic in medicine is at what hemoglobin threshold to initiate transfusion. Several strategies include [[Liberal Transfusion Strategy|liberal transfusion strategies]] (transfuse for Hgb < 10), [[Restrictive Transfusion Strategy|restrictive transfusion strategies]] (transfuse for Hgb < 8), or [[Really Restrictive Transfusion Strategy|really restrictive transfusion strategies] (transfuse for a Hgb < 0).
#''Bloodletting'' - It is a common misconception that [[Bloodletting|bloodletting]] is rarely used in modern medicine, with exception of the management of [[Hemochromatosis|hemochromatosis]] and polycythemia. However, bloodletting is in performed everyday in clinics and hospitals nationwide under the term "phlebotomy."
'''Related Reading'''
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- [[Blood on the TP(Album)]] - [[Blood Pressures (Album)]]
- [[Blood Thinner]]
