Open AccessPrevalence of irregular red cell antibody in healthy blood donors attending a tertiary care hospital in North India
Author(s) -
Raj Nath Makroo,
Saroj Rajput,
Soma Agarwal,
Mohit Chowdhry,
Bindu Prakash,
Prashant Karna
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_4_17
Subject(s) - medicine , antibody , tertiary care , red blood cell , autoantibody , red cell , blood transfusion , immunology
Alloantibodies may be detected in blood donors who have either been transfused previously or female donors with previous obstetric events. These antibodies can occasionally cause severe transfusion reaction, if a large amount of plasma or whole blood is transfused, as in massive transfusions and pediatric patients.