Every year, >5 million people in the United States receive a transfusion.
Although it provides benefits, transfusion of blood products can result in a variety of serious complicati...
Symptoms are masked in the anesthetized patient; among this population, the first sign of hemolytic reaction may be red-tinged urine in the catheter.
Shortness of breath, high fever, los...
Follow hospital protocol for evaluation of transfusion reactions. Repeat thorough evaluation of transfusion paperwork to rule out any cler...
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Goodell PP, Uhl L, Mohammed M, et al. Risk of hemolytic transfusion reactions following emergency-release RBC transfusion. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010...
T80.919A Hemolytic transfusion reaction, unspecified incompatibility, unspecified as acute or delayed, initial encounter
T80.910A Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction, unspecified incompatib...
Transfusion of packed RBCs depresses the immune response in patients undergoing renal transplantation.
In an anesthetized patient, increased bleeding, oozing from catheter sites, and re...
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