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Acute haemolysis, DIC and renal failure after transfusion of uncross-matched blood during trauma resuscitation: illustrative case and literature review.

J FiorellinoA L ElahieTheodore Earl Warkentin
Published in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2018)
Although emergency transfusion of uncross-matched blood is commonly practiced at trauma centres worldwide, with low risk of acute HTR (<1/1000), our well-documented patient case demonstrates the potential for acute HTR with severe complications.
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