Immunohematologic aspects of alloimmunization and alloantibody detection: A focus on pregnancy and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn
Gupta GK, Balbuena-Merle R, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA. Immunohematologic aspects of alloimmunization and alloantibody detection: A focus on pregnancy and hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Transfusion And Apheresis Science 2020, 59: 102946. PMID: 32962917, DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cellsHemolytic diseaseCurrent pathophysiologic mechanismsSetting of pregnancyPeri-partum periodPregnant patientsRBC alloantibodiesPathophysiologic mechanismsTransfusion practiceAlloantibody detectionTransfusion therapyClinical impactAlloimmunizationTransfusion communityBlood bankPregnancyDeadliest formBlood cellsAlloantibodiesFetusesDiseaseLaboratory toolPatientsTherapySettingPassive anti‐C acquired in the setting of Rh immune globulin administration following Rh mismatched apheresis platelet transfusion: A case series
Sostin N, Ross R, Balbuena‐Merle R, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA. Passive anti‐C acquired in the setting of Rh immune globulin administration following Rh mismatched apheresis platelet transfusion: A case series. Journal Of Clinical Apheresis 2020, 35: 224-226. PMID: 32110829, DOI: 10.1002/jca.21773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlatelet transfusionsRh immune globulin administrationRisk/benefit ratioApheresis platelet transfusionImmune globulin administrationRhIG immunoprophylaxisImmune globulinTransfusion supportAlloantibody formationCase seriesNegative recipientsAlloimmunization riskRhIG administrationReproductive agePassive transferPLT transfusionsTransfusionBlood bankBenefit ratioRhIGApheresis PLTsAdministrationImmunoprophylaxisPatientsSetting