Raynaud's phenomenon precipitated by blood transfusion.
A patient undergoing surgery with spinal anaesthesia received a transfusion of concentrated red cells. Whenever the rate of blood transfusion reached a certain critical value, the symptoms and signs of Raynaud's phenomenon appeared in the hand distal to the site of the intravenous cannula. Possible causes of this transfusion-induced vasospasm are discussed.
Moore
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Proctor
D W
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D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction