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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 +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 +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 +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. +2 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 +18 more
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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 +3 more
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Transfusion reaction: A blind spot in autopsy
Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2023 Although blood transfusion is generally safe, there are adverse events with varying severity even that can lead to death including Acute Haemolytic Transfusion Reaction (AHTR), anaphylaxis, bacterial sepsis, Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI ...
S. Senavirathna, S. Wijerathne
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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 +4 more
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Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2023 BACKGROUND: Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTRs) are the most common adverse reaction reported under the Haemovigilance Programme of India, and the use of leukodepleted blood products is recommended. The severity of the reaction may affect
Lakhvinder Singh +4 more
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