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Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Reactions: • Immune ... Reaction (FNHTR ... common immune reaction ... Reaction (AHTR) ... Reaction (DHTR)
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
hypersensitivity reactions ... Allergen-specific lgE causes ... Anaphylaxis, Hay fever ... reaction, Haemolytic ... hypersensitivity #reactions
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Reactions Immune ... Reaction (FNHTR ... common immune reaction ... Reaction (AHTR) ... Reaction (DHTR)
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... of Fever CRITICAL ... insufficiency - Transfusion ... reaction - Pulmonary ... Noninfectious #Causes
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Reactions TRALI ... without other cause ... explain symptoms • Fever ... #Reactions #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Iatrogenic: • Transfusion ... reaction • Malignant ... #Algorithm #causes
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Actively maintained fever ... CAUSES OF HYPERTHERMIA ... device • Blood transfusion ... • Allergic reaction ... Anesthesia #Checklist #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 ... acute gout • ↑ C-reactive ... #CPPD #Gout #Comparison