Red blood cell transfusion in patients with autoantibodies: Is it effective and safe without increasing hemolysis risk?

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 436-444

  Park, Sang Hyuk ^a   Choe, Won Ho ^b   Kwon, Seog Woon ^c  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Effectiveness; Hemolysis; Red blood cell; Safety; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; BLOOD; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AUTOANTIBODIES; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; ISOANTIBODIES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933532793     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2015.35.4.436     Document Type: Article

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