Blood transfusion should not be given if other safer non-transfusion alternatives are available. For example, patients with iron deficiency without hemodynamic instability should be given iron therapy.
Conditions: Anemia, Low Blood Count
Treatments: Red Blood Cells (RBC) Transfusion, Blood Transfusion
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