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When assessing a patient with acute dyspnea during or shortly following a transfusion, it is challenging
differentiate between TRALI ... differentiating TRALI ... #Transfusion #Reaction ... #TRALI #TACO #Comparison ... #Table
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Summary table of ... Allergen-specific lgE causes ... Acute transfusion reaction ... Tuberculin test, Graft rejection ... types #allergy #table
Suspected Transfusion Reaction Algorithm:
#Diagnosis #Management #Transfusion #Reaction #TRALI #TACO #Algorithm
Suspected Transfusion Reaction ... Algorithm: #Diagnosis ... #Transfusion #Reaction ... #TRALI #TACO #Algorithm
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... of Fever CRITICAL ... - Transfusion reaction ... - Transplant rejection ... Noninfectious #Causes
Vesiculobullous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Vesicles Fragile/EasiIy Ruptured - Intraepidermal blisters, possibly crusts/erosions
 - Inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bullous impetigo - Reaction ... diabeticorum) - Reaction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Transfusion Reactions ... Risk factors: Critical ... without other cause ... #Transfusion #Reactions ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction ... common immune reaction ... once had another reaction ... Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction ... • Allergic reaction
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
common immune reaction ... once had another reaction ... Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction ... Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction ... - Allergic reaction
Landau's Reaction (Reflex)  on Physical Exam

Landau's reaction is investigated holding the baby firmly under the
Landau's Reaction ... Exam Landau's reaction ... This reaction starts ... When the reaction ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
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Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
are approved for clinical ... bronchoscopic lung volume reduction ... to lung volume reduction ... LVRC: lung volume reduction ... VolumeReduction #Bullectomy #Algorithm