RT Book, Section
A1 Yosaitis, John
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102570257
T1 Blood Type, Screen, and Crossmatch
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part One Basic Exam
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071821377
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102570257
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  leading  cause  of  death  from  hemolytic  transfusion  reactions  is  transfusion  of  the  incorrect  ABO  group  blood.  The  ABO  system  is  by  far  the  most  significant  of  all  the  antigen–antibody  groups  in  transfusion  practice.  The  ABO  classification  is  the  only  blood  group  system  in  which  patients  have  antibodies  to  antigens  that  have  never  been  present  in  their  system.  In  other  blood  group  systems  there  needs  to  be  an  exposure  to  the  antigen  through  prior  transfusion  or  pregnancy.