Delayed intravascular haemolysis following multiple asymptomatic ABO-incompatible red blood cell transfusions in a patient with hepatic failure

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-235

  Tormey, C A ^a,b   Stack, G ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABO incompatible transfusion; Delayed haemolytic transfusion reaction; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP B ANTIBODY; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AGED; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51749084653     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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