Transfusion of a patient with an auto-immune hemolytic anemia, after screening by the test tube method in a low resource setting.

  • Sankalp Sharma Department of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank,AIIMS Rpr
  • Ajay Yadav
  • Santosh T
Keywords: Auto-immune Hemolytic Anemia, Maximum thermal reactivity

Abstract

A six year male was diagnosed with Right sided Pneumonia with pleural effusionand clinical presentation of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The blood sample tothe blood center showed auto-agglutination. Blood grouping and cross-matchingfollowed, with an objective of transfusing the most compatible blood unit to thispatient, in a low resource Blood storage center setting. DOI: 10.21276/apalm.2017.1013

Author Biography

Sankalp Sharma, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank,AIIMS Rpr
Assistant Professor,Department of Transfusion Medicine And Blood Bank, AIIMS RPR(C.G)

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Published
2017-02-17
Section
Case Report