Ascariasis, trichuriasis and fatal non-transfusion

• Main Authors: Larry Nichols (Author), Joshua Curtis Bridgewater (Author), Nicholas Brennan Wagner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Blood transfusion for chronic anemia can lead to acute or decompensated heart failure in patients who have fluid overload as part of their compensatory response and/or have intrinsic heart disease, and then it could be fatal in such clinical scenarios. This is the report of a case of profound chroni...