title: Immediate transfusion reactions.
abstract: Immediate transfusion reactions were characterized in recipients of 15,990 RBCs, 18,013 platelets, 409 single donor platelets, 3,451 FFP and 1,507 units of cryoprecipitate. The overall incidence of immediate reactions was 0.2%. Allergic reactions occurred in 40 patients, febrile non-hemolytic in 36 patients, bacterial contamination in 2 patients, circulatory overload in 3 patients and mechanical hemolysis in one patient. Three patients had nonspecific reactions. The incidence of immediate transfusion reactions was low when compared with similar studies. Possible causes are under-reporting transfusion reactions and the use of leukoreduced components.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067. pitirre1@ASEM.net
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Climent-Peris
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vélez-Rosario
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma; D017713:Platelet Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology