Transfusion reactions

Adriana Maria Knopfelmacher

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74588-6_107

Transfusion reactions

Adriana Maria Knopfelmacher

Laboratory Medicine

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Abstract

The use of altruistic donors, the testing for known infectious agents, and other measures have made blood a very safe product. Thus the risk of acquiring an infectious agent by transfusion of blood components has been largely reduced, and the greatest risk in morbidity and mortality following transfusion of blood is due mostly to its noninfectious complications. Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) and transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO) are the most commonly reported causes of mortality involving transfusion of blood. Other transfusion reactions such as mild allergic reactions and febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reactions are not lethal but are very common and may produce discomfort and anxiety in the patient.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Oncologic Critical Care
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	1177-1190
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319745886
ISBN (Print)	9783319745879
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74588-6_107
State	Published - Oct 12 2019

Keywords

Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
Allergic reactions
Complications of transfusion
Febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reactions
TACO
TRALI
Transfusion reactions

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General Medicine

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