Open AccessSafety assessment of RhD-positive red cell transfusion in RhD-negative liver-transplant recipients: Single-centre report from India
Author(s) -
Aseem Kumar Tiwari,
Dinesh Arora,
Geet Aggarwal,
Ravi C Dara,
Gunjan Bhardwaj,
Jyoti Sharma,
Vijay Vohra,
Arvinder S. Soin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_315_19
Subject(s) - medicine , abo blood group system , immunosuppression , liver transplantation , blood transfusion , red blood cell , antibody , isoantibodies , agglutination (biology) , surgery , immunology , transplantation
The number of blood components required during a liver-transplant surgery is significant. It is challenging for blood transfusion services to provide the required RhD-negative red blood cells (RBCs) for recipients during the peri-operative period. This retrospective study presents safety data of transfusing RhD-positive RBCs in RhD-negative living donor liver-transplant (LDLT) recipients during the peri-operative period with six-month follow up for risk of developing alloantibodies.