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Transfusion premedications: a growing practice not based on evidence
Author(s) -
Tobian Aaron A.R.,
King Karen E.,
Ness Paul M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01242.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transfusion medicine , general hospital , hospital medicine , gerontology , blood transfusion , family medicine , surgery
Ramirez suggested that the reaction was due to “anaphylactic bodies” in the donor’s blood, and donors should be screened for the possible transmission of “anaphylactic or reaction bodies.” Subsequently, Polayes and Lederer 2 evaluated 2500 transfusion reactions in the literature; they found reactions due to ABO mismatch, transmission of diseases, and “allergic phenomena” in the recipients. They did not note specific