Connect Sign InTransfusion Medicine Basics Series
Transfusion Reaction Work-Up Plus Hemolytic, Febrile, and Allergic Transfusion Reactions
Transfusion reactions are common and underreported. This presentation reviews the current defined transfusion reactions, and what happens when a transfusion reaction is reported to the transfusion medicine/blood bank service. The presentation also covers the basics of what physicians, nurses, and trainees should consider for initial workups when signs or symptoms develop during or after a transfusion. The most common transfusion reactions, including allergic and febrile nonhemolytic events, are discussed and placed in clinical vignettes for relevance.
Dr. Joel Addams is a medical director of pathology at ARUP Laboratories and an assistant professor (clinical) with the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. He received his medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine and masters’ degrees from SOAS University of London and Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Dr. Addams completed his residency in pathology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, an internship in internal medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and a fellowship in transfusion medicine and blood banking, University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Addams is certified by the American Board of Pathology (clinical pathology, blood banking/transfusion medicine). His areas of specialty are transfusion medicine and blood banking.
Dr. Erica Swenson is a pathologist at ARUP Laboratories and an assistant professor (clinical) with the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Swenson received her medical degree from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences and completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the Oregon Health and Science University. She also completed a fellowship in transfusion medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and a fellowship in hematopathology at the University of Colorado. Her research interests include transfusion medicine and coagulation.
