Determining the true incidence of acute transfusion reactions: Active surveillance at a specialized liver center
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Acute transfusion reactions encountered in patients at a tertiary care center.
OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and type of Acute Transfusion Reactions (ATRs) occurring in inpatients, reported to the transfusion service at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS This was a three years and seven months (from January 2005 till July 2008) retrospective review of all the transfusion reactions that were reported to the transfusion service at Aga Khan Uni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2531-1379
DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2019.09.006