Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
The following are symptoms of transfusion reactions:
- Back pain
- Blood in urine
- Feeling of "impending doom"
- Fever
- Yellow skin (
jaundice )
Signs and tests
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Bilirubin level is high -
Complete blood count (CBC) shows damaged red blood cells, may also show mildanemia - Lab testing of patient's and donor's blood shows that they are not compatible
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ABO incompatibility Treatment
Review Date: 05/13/2008
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology,
and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. Also
reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
