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Raynaud's phenomenon precipitated by blood transfusion
Author(s) -
MOORE JULIA K.,
PROCTOR D. W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb13226.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , cannula , vasospasm , blood transfusion , surgery , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Summary 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.