title: Transfusion of Rh-incompatible blood components to cancer patients.
abstract: To study the effects of Rh0D incompatible transfusion of platelets and/or granulocyte concentrates, we analyzed the transfusion history of 118 oncology patients. Patients received a mean 36.2 units of random platelets, a mean 6.2 concentrates of single donor platelets, and a mean 8.4 concentrates of granulocytes. Patients were not treated with anti-Rh0D specific immunoglobulin following the incompatible transfusions. The patients were followed for a mean 9.4 months to detect the appearance of Rh0D antibodies. Of the 118 patients, 3 were lost to follow-up. Of the remaining 115, 2 cases (1.74%) developed anti-Rh0D following administration of the incompatible transfusions.
mesh_terms: D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
chemical_list: D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System