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5 types of Acute Immunologic Transfusion Reactions
Hemolytic, Intravascular Febrile Allergic Anaphylactic TRALI (Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury)
Cause of Hemolytic, Intravascular transfusion reaction
Immediate destruction of donor RBCs by recipient Ab
Clinical Signs of Hemolytic, Intravascular transfusion rxn
Fever; chills; shock; renal failure; DIC; pain in the chest, back and flank
Most serious Acute Immunologic Transfusion Reaction
Hemolytic, intravascular
Usually due to transfusion of ABO-incompatible blood
Hemolytic, intravascular
Laboratory findings in Hemolytic Intravascular Transfusion Reaction
HGB in urine & serum
Mixed-field DAT
decrease haptoglobin, hgb, hct
Cause of febrile transfusion reaction
Anti-leukocytes Abs or cytokines
Medicine that can be use to premedicate febrile transfusion reaction
Antipyretics (aspirin, acetaminophen)
Clinical Signs of Febrile Transfusion Reaction
Increase greater than or equal to 1 degree Celsius during or after transfusion
Cause of Allergic Acute Immunologic Transfusion Reaction
foreign plasma protein
Treatment for Allergic Transfusion Reaction
Antihistamines
Clinical Signs of Allergic Transfusion Reaction
Hives(urticaria), wheezing
Cause of Anaphylactic Transfusion Reaction
Anti-IgA in IgA deficient recipient
Rare but dangerous kind of transfusion reaction
Anaphylactic
Clinical Signs of Anaphylactic transfusion reaction
Pulmonary edema, bronchospams
Treatment for Anaphylactic transfusion reaction
Epinephrine
Transfuse with washed products
Most common cause of tf-related deaths in U.S
TRALI (transfusion related acute lung injury)
Cause of TRALI
Unknown. Possible donor Abs to WBC Ags
Transfusion reaction that recommended the use of plasma from female donors to reduce this transfusion reaction fatalities
TRALI
Clinical signs of TRALI
Fever; chills; coughing; respiratory distress; fluid in the lungs; decrease BP within 6 hrs of tf.
4 types of Acute Nonimmunologic Transfusion reactions
Sepsis
TACO (Transfusion-associated circulatory overload)
Nonimmune hemolysis
Hypothermia
Cause of TACO
too large a volume or too rapid rate of infusion
Cause of Hypothermia (Acute nonimmunologic tf rxn)
Rapid infusion of large amounts of cold blood
Cause of Nonimmune hemolysis (Acute nonimmunologic tf rxn)
Destruction of RBCs due to extremes of temp, addition of meds to unit