reaction of the body to a transfusion of blood that is not compatible with its own blood; an adverse reaction can range from fever and hives to renal failure and shock and death
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transfusion reaction
This enables management and investigation of any suspected transfusion related disease transmission or transfusion reaction.
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Patients should ideally receive their own blood or type-specific blood products to minimize the chance of a transfusion reaction.
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The most common and deadliest risk associated with transfusion is hemolytic transfusion reaction, which can be caused by a mismatch in blood types.
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If a D-negative patient has developed anti-D antibodies, a subsequent exposure to D-positive blood would lead to a potentially dangerous transfusion reaction.
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Then, in 2011, a negative reaction to a blood transfusion caused widespread intestinal failure.
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At Temple University Hospital she got a one-pint transfusion of blood that seemed to match hers by all the usual tests, and she appeared to have no adverse reaction.
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Reaction was swift from Jeanne White-Ginder, the mother of the act's namesake, an Indiana teenager who died after contracting AIDS as a result of a blood transfusion.
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