The definition of FNHTR includes a rise in temperature of at least 1°C (sometimes 1.5-2°C), which is not accounted for by the patient's clinical condition. The fever occurs in association with the ...

During the 6-month study period, the questionnaire had been completed for 58 cases of transfusion reactions (see Table 2). Transfusion reactions to platelet concentrates occurred in 43 cases (74.1%), ...

A preliminary study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests a possible explanation for the biological process responsible for inducing fever and related symptoms after the transfusion of ...

A new study has found that storing whole blood derived platelets in an artificial preservative can extend their shelf life and produce a safer end product. This is the finding of a research paper ...

Refractoriness to infused platelets becomes a major clinical problem for many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Inadequate post-transfusion platelet count increments can be due to a number ...

The little boy had two allergic reactions in a week to things he'd always eaten. — -- When an 8-year-old boy had two surprise allergic reactions in a week to foods that had never bothered him ...

Between May and October 2018, four cases of sepsis followed patients' platelet transfusion — one resulting in death — and are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

As more and more people pay attention to U.S. maternal mortality rates—the highest in the world among developed nations—more researchers are investigating what’s driving so many deaths of women who ...

We report the occurrence of sepsis due to infection with Salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis infection in two patients, one of whom died. The infection originated in a single platelet donation ...

The rates of reported platelet transfusion reactions increased significantly (P<0.001) from September 1989 through July 1991 (study period); in addition, the rate of contamination of platelets during ...