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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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Pulmonary Transfusion Reactions [PDF]

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 2008
In recent years, pulmonary transfusion reactions have gained increasing importance as serious adverse transfusion events.Review of the literature.Pulmonary transfusion reactions are not extremely rare and, according to hemovigilance data, important causes of transfusion-induced major morbidity and death.
Jürgen, Bux, Ulrich J H, Sachs
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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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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, 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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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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Acute Transfusion Reactions in a Tertiary Care Hospital: The Saudi Context

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Basic and Applied Sciences, 2022
Although blood transfusion is a life-saving procedure, it can be associated with complications in rare cases. An acute transfusion reaction (ATR) is a complication where recipients exhibit an adverse reaction within 24 hours of a blood transfusion.
Mohrah Alalshaikh, Sarah Abo Baker, Ammar Alsughayir, Yasser Almaki, Leenah Almass, Mohammed Alnamnakani, Alyazeed Alsaif, Abdullah Albarghash, Imran Ahad Pukhta   +8 more
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Transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The optimal hemoglobin threshold for erythrocyte transfusions in critically ill children is unknown. We hypothesized that a restrictive transfusion strategy of using packed red cells that were leukocyte-reduced before storage would be as safe
Gauvin, France, Meert, Kathleen, Lacroix, J, Hume, HA, Lacroix, Jacques, Hutchinson, James S., Toledano, BJ, Peters, Mark J, Joffe, Ari, Collet, Jean-Paul, Gauvin, F, Ducruet, T, Hurne, Heather A., Robillard, P, Biarent, Dominique, Peters, MJ, Hutchison, JS, Toledano, Baruch J., Hebert, PC, Joffe, A, Biarent, D, Ducruet, Thierry, Collet, J-P, Meert, K, Tucci, Marisa, Robillard, Pierre, Hebert, Paul C., Tucci, M   +27 more
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DRGs in Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy in Germany [PDF]

, 2012
Patients requiring transfusion medicine and hemotherapy in an inpatient setting are incorporated into the German Diagnosis Related Groups (G-DRG) system in multiple ways.
Ostermann, Helmut, Bauer, Matthäus
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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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