a patients hemoglobin and hematocrit

[kdelia12]

Why would a patients hematocrit and hemoglobin levels be low with pneumonia?

[anon456, BSN, RN]

Did they just get a large fluid bolus? How are their other labs? Are they low also?

Did the lab specimen come off an PIV or a PICC and maybe there was not enough waste?

Are they in generally poor health, anemic, malnourished?

[KRVRN, BSN, RN]

It might not be related, just coincidental.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

How "low" are we talking?

[krisiepoo]

do you know what they were before pneumonia?

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

Is this for school? What else is going on with the patient? Qualify "low"

[kdelia12]

It is for school, Im a nursing student and it was my patients lab results. The labs were not really that low to cause concern. I just had to give a rational for the lab trends, and was confused as to how to relate her diagnosis of pneumonia to the H&H labs

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

It is for school, Im a nursing student and it was my patients lab results. The labs were not really that low to cause concern. I just had to give a rational for the lab trends, and was confused as to how to relate her diagnosis of pneumonia to the H&H labs

They very well may not be related at all. What were the values, specifically? And how old was the patient? If she's pre-menopausal, she may just hang out on the lower side due to menstrual losses. I seriously see posts on this board all the time asking about "low" hemoglobins in the 11s that are better than my most recent hemoglobin of 10.3.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

It is for school, Im a nursing student and it was my patients lab results. The labs were not really that low to cause concern. I just had to give a rational for the lab trends, and was confused as to how to relate her diagnosis of pneumonia to the H&H labs

We still need more information to help

[MendedHeart]

And what other medical history?