Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction Occurring in a Patient with Acute Renal Failure

Hemolytic transfusion reaction occurring in a patient with acute renal failure.

A CUTE RENAL FAILURE is a well-known, though by no means inevitable, consequence of acute intravascular hemolytic transfusion reaction. The mechanism responsible for the renal damage is not fully understood, but undoubtedly depends on complex interrelationships of the plasma “free hemoglobin” concentration, the filtered load of hemoglobin, the per cent reabsorption of filtered water, urinary pH...

Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction presenting as a painful crisis in a patient with sickle cell anemia.

CONTEXT Patients with sickle cell anemia (SCA) are frequently transfused with red blood cells (RBC). Recently we reported that the calculated risk of RBC alloimmunization per transfussed unit in Brazilian patients with SCA is 1.15%. We describe a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) presenting as a painful crisis in a patient with SCA. CASE REPORT A 35-year-old Brazilian female with ...

Cerebrovascular accident during a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction in a patient with sickle cell anemia.

A 28-year-old woman with sickle cell anemia suffered a left hemispheric cerebrovascular accident associated with severe right-sided weakness during a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction owing to anti-rh' (C) and anti-S. The anti-rh' (C) had been identified four years earlier at a different hospital but neither the patient, her family, nor any member of the staff of the hospital where she was...

Hemolytic transfusion reaction due to anti-A.

Rare antibody-associated hemolytic transfusion reaction and transfusion-related acute lung injury: a case report

BACKGROUND Hemolytic transfusion reactions and transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) are life-threatening complications associated with the transfusion of blood products. Hemorrhage is one of the most common surgical complications and the risk of bleeding is particularly acute in patients with hematologic deficiencies. Management of surgical bleeding can be divided into two phases. The ...