2022
Procuring rare (珍しい)* Japanese red blood cell units for a bleeding patient with anti-K11 requiring a life-saving procedure
Rodriguez J, Tormey C. Procuring rare (珍しい)* Japanese red blood cell units for a bleeding patient with anti-K11 requiring a life-saving procedure. Immunohematology 2022, 38: 96-99. PMID: 36190197, DOI: 10.21307/immunohematology-2022-049.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsAmerican Rare Donor ProgramRed blood cell unitsAntigen-positive unitsLife-saving procedurePotential clinical significanceMultiple comorbiditiesKnee amputationExtremity amputationCritical anemiaCase reportAdverse reactionsClinical significanceCell unitsPatient plasmaTransfusion communityGroup OClinical necessityDonor ProgramRBC unitsPatientsAmputationCompatible unitsAnemiaChallenging caseRare event
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 units