2013
Limiting the Extent of a Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction With Automated Red Blood Cell Exchange
Tormey CA, Stack G. Limiting the Extent of a Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction With Automated Red Blood Cell Exchange. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2013, 137: 861-4. PMID: 23721278, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0154-cr.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cell exchangeHemolytic transfusion reactionsDAT resultsTransfusion reactionsDirect antiglobulin test resultsCell exchangeIncompatible red blood cellsSymptoms of hemolysisRed blood cell unitsPositive antibody screenBlood group antibodiesAntigen-negative unitsAnamnestic increaseAntigen reexposureFurther hemolysisRed blood cellsAntibody screenGroup antibodiesPatient historyBlood cellsDHTRTransfusionHemolysisSymptomsCell unitsRecord fragmentation due to transfusion at multiple health care facilities: a risk factor for delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions
Unni N, Peddinghaus M, Tormey CA, Stack G. Record fragmentation due to transfusion at multiple health care facilities: a risk factor for delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions. Transfusion 2013, 54: 98-103. PMID: 23711236, DOI: 10.1111/trf.12251.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercent of patientsTransfusion recordsNearby hospitalLocation of transfusionAntibody test resultsBlood group antibodiesHealth care facilitiesPrior transfusionsAntibody testingIncompatible transfusionsGroup antibodiesTransfusion activityTransfusionCare facilitiesPatientsState HospitalHemolytic reactionHospitalStudy designScreen testingAntibodiesCommon discrepancyStudy goalPercentRecords
2009
IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY: The characterization and classification of concurrent blood group antibodies
Tormey CA, Stack G. IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY: The characterization and classification of concurrent blood group antibodies. Transfusion 2009, 49: 2709-2718. PMID: 19682334, DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02337.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood group antibodiesGroup antibodiesVeterans Affairs Medical CenterAntigenic specificityAlloimmunized individualsConcurrent antibodiesAntibody persistenceTransfusion recordsAntibody screenAlloimmunized patientsTime of disappearanceMedical CenterPatientsBG antibodyStudy designAntibody specificityAntibodiesAlloantibodiesAlloimmunizationAntibody pairsCompatibility testingSpecificityMost cases