title: Pulmonary complications of transfused blood components.
abstract: Three transfusion complications are responsible for the majority of the morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. This article discusses the respiratory complications associated with these pathophysiologic processes, including definitions, diagnosis, mechanism, incidence, risk factors, clinical management, and strategies for prevention. It also explores how different patient populations and different blood components differentially affect the risk of these deadly transfusion complications. Lastly, the article discusses how health care providers can risk stratify individual patients or patient populations to determine whether a given transfusion is more likely to benefit or harm the patient based on the transfusion indication, risk, and expected result.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, 12700 East 19th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. alexander.benson@ucdenver.edu
authors.forename: Alexander B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Benson
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects; D003422:Critical Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction