Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transfusion dependent anemia

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Procedural close. Deletion has not been proposed and AfD is not the place to propose merges. SpinningSpark 18:38, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Transfusion dependent anemia[edit]

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Not an actual type of anaemia. Describes an anaemia where body is unable to compensate for losses of red bloods cells. Should be merged into Anemia#Blood_transfusions Tom (LT) (talk) 00:28, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Addit: To be clear, transfusion dependent anaemia describes anaemia that is transfusion dependent (ie because of ongoing blood loss, iron deficiency, inability to replace cells, ongoing haemolysis etc.). It's not an actual pathological subtype. It's confusing and will waste the time of future editors to have this as a duplicate article. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Sheldybett (talk) 00:47, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that you may think this article should not exist as an independent article but I acquired this topic from the requested articles on Wikipedia, therefore I definitely think there is interest in the topic and it should not just be a sub category of another article. I am happy to make further improvements to the article wherever people may find it necessary but I do not believe it should be removed all together. Munchkaa (talk) 00:49, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.