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Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Product Types: • Leukocyte ... S/sx: Fever, flank ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... Sx include: fever ... #diagnosis #management
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
S/sx: Fever, flank ... have drop in Hct, fever ... proteins on plts, leukocytes ... Sx include: fever ... #diagnosis #management
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes of Fever ... insufficiency - Transfusion ... reaction - Pulmonary ... - Drug fever ... Malignancy - Gout
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Reactions TRALI ... explain symptoms • Fever ... pulmonary edema) • Fever ... #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
hypersensitivity reactions ... Anaphylaxis, Hay fever ... Examples: Acute transfusion ... recruitment of leucocytes ... classification #comparison
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
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
of Acute Onset Fever ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Iatrogenic: • Transfusion ... reaction • Malignant ... #Differential #Diagnosis
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
A reaction to phagocytosed ... 12-24 Hours • Fever ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... #Comparison #rheumatology ... #Diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... A reaction to phagocytosed ... 12-24 Hours • Fever ... Intracellular (leukocyte ... severe allergic reactions
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
NINDS Diagnostic ... dysfunction, Absence of fever ... at onset • >50 Leukocytes ... polymorphonuclear leukocytes ... Features That Rule out