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| ==Adverse effects== | | ==Adverse effects== |
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| ===Immunologic reactions===
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| * '''Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTR)''' due to destruction of incompatible donor white blood cells
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| * '''Hemolytic reactions''' due to [[blood group incompatibility]] is "mismatch between donor and recipient blood. [[Antibody|Antibodies]] present in the recipient's serum are directed against [[antigen]]s in the donor product. Such a mismatch may result in a transfusion reaction in which, for example, donor blood is hemolyzed."<ref>{{MeSH|Blood group incompatibility}}</ref>
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| ** Acute hemolytic transfusion reactions due to ABO incompatibility
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| ** Delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions
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| * '''Allergic reactions'''
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| ** Anaphylactic transfusion reactions may occur, especially in patients with IgA-deficiency.
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| ** Urticaria may occur due to the recipient's IgE reacting to antigens from the donor.
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| * '''Posttransfusion purpura (PTP)''' due to thrombocytopenia from platelet antibodies. This is more common in women who have been pregnant.
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| * Transfusion associated '''graft-versus-host disease''' (TA-GVHD)
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
Revision as of 21:23, 6 November 2008
In medicine, erythrocyte transfusion or red blood cell transfusion is the "transfer of erythrocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor."[1]
Adverse effects
- For more information, see: Transfusion reaction.
References
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