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Improving detection rates of suspected acute transfusion reactions through active surveillance

Iraqi Journal of Hematology, 2021
BACKGROUND: Tracking transfusion reactions is essential to improve patient safety. Under-reporting of transfusion reactions was suspected in our institution.
Maha Abdulrazak Badawi, Rakan Saaty, Sarah Talal Altayyari, Roaa Khalil, Feras Moria, Galila Zaher, Salwa Alnajjar, Salwa Ibrahim Hindawi   +7 more
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Blood transfusion reactions and institutional hemovigilance protocols: A 2-year retrospective single center audit

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2023
Background: Blood transfusion reactions contribute significantly to the morbidity and mortality of both in- and outpatients in hospitals globally. Developing adequate protocols for detecting and reporting this complication is key to attaining global ...
John C Aneke, Chisom G Chigbo, Perpetua O Emeh, Francis Ifediata, Chilota C Efobi, Ugochinyere J Chilaka, Nkechinyere T Ibekwe, Theodora U Ezeh, Chiamaka B Aneke   +8 more
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Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction

MedEdPORTAL, 2011
The scenario provides real-life training of acute hemolytic transfusion reaction (AHTR) in an anesthetized patient. Central to the experience is learners' ability to connect the hypotension and urine color change in an anesthetized patient to AHTR.
Mojca Konia, Benjamin Rioux-Masse, Kari Forde-Thielen   +2 more
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Polyethylene Glycol Camouflaged Earthworm Hemoglobin. [PDF]

, 2017
Nearly 21 million components of blood and whole blood and transfused annually in the United States, while on average only 13.6 million units of blood are donated. As the demand for Red Blood Cells (RBCs) continues to increase due to the aging population,
Cabrales, Pedro, Dantsker, David, Friedman, Joel M, Jani, Vivek P, Jelvani, Alborz, Moges, Selamawit, Nacharaju, Parimala, Palmer, Andre, Roche, Camille   +8 more
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Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction

MedEdPORTAL, 2014
This simulation scenario focuses on diagnosing and managing acute hemolytic transfusion reaction in the emergency department. It includes a novel one-page evaluation tool entitled the Simulation Training Assessment Tool (STAT) to facilitate assessment ...
Jay Baker, Luke Murphy, Ben Good
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Validation of a Polymerase Chain Reaction technique for Kidd blood group genotyping [PDF]

, 2015
The Kidd blood group antigens, Jkª and Jkᵇ , are two of the main surface markers which are found on the membrane of red blood cells. The determination of whether a donor or a recipient has the Jkª and/or the Jkᵇ antigens is crucially important to ...
Borg, Joseph J., Debono, Jesmond, Xuereb, Karl   +2 more
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Transfusion reaction in a domestic short hair cat

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
V. Veni, Biju P. Habeeb, M. Pradeep, P. Vinu David, N. Madhavan Unny, K. C. Bipin   +5 more
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Health technology assessment of pathogen reduction technologies applied to plasma for clinical use [PDF]

, 2016
Although existing clinical evidence shows that the transfusion of blood components is becoming increasingly safe, the risk of transmission of known and unknown pathogens, new pathogens or re-emerging pathogens still persists.
Berrino, Alexandra, Casini, Marina, Cicchetti, Americo, Codella, Paola, Facco, Giuseppina, Fiore, Alessandra, Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M., Marano, Giuseppe, Marchetti, Marco, Midolo, Emanuela, Minacori, Roberta, Refolo, Pietro, Romano, Federica, Ruggeri, Matteo, Sacchini, Dario, Spagnolo, Antonio G., Urbina, Irene, Vaglio, Stefania   +18 more
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IgE- and IgG mediated severe anaphylactic platelet transfusion reaction in a known case of cerebral malaria

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2013
Background: Allergic reactions occur commonly in transfusion practice. However, severe anaphylactic reactions are rare; anti-IgA (IgA: Immunoglobulin A) in IgA-deficient patients is one of the well-illustrated and reported causes for such reactions ...
B Shanthi, Bhavanadhar, Priscilla Chandran, A Krishna Prasad   +3 more
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Zika virus and the never-ending story of emerging pathogens and transfusion medicine [PDF]

, 2016
In the last few years, the transfusion medicine community has been paying special attention to emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by arboviruses.
Grazzini, Giuliano, Liumbruno, Giancarlo M, Marano, Giuseppe, Pupella, Simonetta, VAGLIO, Stefania   +4 more
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