how much should hgb increase with each unit of blood?
I had a pt. go from 9 to 13, can that be? Usually it seems to go up only by about 2. Has anyone seen big jumps like this after a transfusion? We are taught in school that for each unit of blood you get an increase of 1 Hgb and 3% Hct. So, according to my school, your pt should have gone from 9 Hgb to 11 Hgb. However, as is almost always the case, what I've learned in school doesn't always bear up under actual field experience.