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Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Blood Product Transfusions ... Types: • Leukocyte ... Reaction (FNHTR ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... #diagnosis #management
Estimated Incidence of Transfusion Reactions
Graphical Depiction of transfusion reactions ordered from most highest to lowest incidence.
#Diagnosis
Reactions Graphical ... Depiction of transfusion ... reactions ordered ... #Diagnosis #Blood ... #Reactions #Events
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Blood Transfusion ... the banked donor blood ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... in transfused blood ... #diagnosis #management
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion ... Reactions TRALI ... of high parity blood ... #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Crush injury • Blood ... Jaundice/Hemolytic reactions ... reaction - Tumor ... Blood transfusion
When assessing a patient with acute dyspnea during or shortly following a transfusion, it is challenging
shortly following a transfusion ... #Diagnosis #Transfusion ... #Reaction #TRALI ... #TACO #Comparison
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
hypersensitivity reactions ... Examples: Acute transfusion ... reaction, Haemolytic ... recruitment of leucocytes ... classification #comparison
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Crush injury • Blood ... Jaundice/Hemolytic reactions ... reaction - Tumor ... Blood transfusion
Blood Transfusion is NOT a Benign Thing - Salim R. Rezaie @srrezaie

Table of frequency of transfusion
Blood Transfusion ... reactions. ... #Diagnosis #Blood ... #Transfusion #Consent ... #Reactions #Events
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
- Differential Diagnosis ... AIHA, Cold AIHA, Transfusion ... reactions, Drug-associated ... - Peripheral Blood ... #Differential #Diagnosis