[Posttransfusion hepatitis. A prospective study].
This prospective study was carried out on thirty patients transfused with blood or blood products, by ten (33.3%) posttransfusion hepatitis was diagnosed; this is 15.75 cases per 1,000 U transfused. Four patients developed jaundice; six remained asymptomatic. In nine patients (90%) non-A, non-B hepatitis was diagnosed and one (10%) case was classified as hepatitis B. Two patients with non-A, non-B hepatitis developed chronic hepatitis, corroborated through percutaneous liver biopsy.
Villarreal-Urenda
C
C
Centro Médico La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Cano-Domínguez
C
C
Zamalloa-Torres
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V
Ruiz-Maya
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L
Olivares-López
F
F
D000367:Age Factors; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
Hepatitis post transfusión. Estudio prospectivo.