Delayed intravascular haemolysis following multiple asymptomatic ABO‐incompatible red blood cell transfusions in a patient with hepatic failure
Tormey CA, Stack G. Delayed intravascular haemolysis following multiple asymptomatic ABO‐incompatible red blood cell transfusions in a patient with hepatic failure. Vox Sanguinis 2008, 95: 232-235. PMID: 19121188, DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01085.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsABO-incompatible red blood cell (RBC) transfusionsRed blood cell transfusionBlood cell transfusionFresh frozen plasmaCell transfusionHepatic failureDelayed Haemolytic Transfusion ReactionAnamnestic antibody responseLow complement levelsHaemolytic transfusion reactionsOnset of haemolysisFirst transfusionRBC transfusionComplement levelsIncompatible transfusionsAntibody responseAntibody titresHepatic diseaseTransfusion reactionsIntravascular haemolysisTransfusionPatientsRBC unitsB RBCsHaemolysisAcute vancomycin-dependent immune thrombocytopenia as an anamnestic response
Kenney B, Tormey CA. Acute vancomycin-dependent immune thrombocytopenia as an anamnestic response. Platelets 2008, 19: 379-383. PMID: 18791945, DOI: 10.1080/09537100802082280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAmputation, SurgicalAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntigens, Human PlateletAutoantibodiesBacteremiaCeftazidimeDrug Therapy, CombinationFoot DiseasesGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MImmunologic MemoryMaleMiddle AgedPurpura, Thrombocytopenic, IdiopathicSurgical Wound InfectionVancomycinConceptsAntibiotic therapyPlatelet antibodiesPlatelet countPlatelet destructionAdverse bleeding eventsAnamnestic antibody responseDrug-related thrombocytopeniaNew onset thrombocytopeniaRapid platelet destructionAnti-platelet antibodiesNormal platelet countCases of thrombocytopeniaSafe drug useBleeding eventsVancomycin administrationWet gangreneImmune thrombocytopeniaImmediate discontinuationRare complicationMale patientsAnamnestic responseDrug withdrawalSevere thrombocytopeniaAcute reductionPrior sensitization