3. The right ventricle then pumps blood through the pulmonary artery into the lungs. 4. In the lungs, tiny blood vessels called capillaries absorb carbon diox-ide from the blood and replace it with oxygen. 5. Oxygenated blood then flows through the pulmonary vein and into the left atrium. 6.
Summary of Life-threatening constipation .. An 80-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with sudden onset abdominal pain and vomiting. Her abdomen was soft with umbilical tenderness.
A: The only life-threatening anemia is if you have massive hemorrhaging. But chronic anemia can be life-threatening indirectly in the sense that prolonged, severe anemia can cause the heart to enlarge and overwork, leading to heart failure. So through that mechanism, anemia can lead to serious morbidity or mortality.