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RhIG to an Rh positive Patient? The Medical Splenectomy
Why Would an Rh-Positive Male Patient Receive RhIG? The nursing floor just requested Rh immune globulin for an RhD-positive male patient . Wait...what? He obvi…
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Emergent FFP for Angioedema?
Why Would the ER Order FFP for a Patient With a Swollen Tongue? You get a call from the Emergency Department: “We need plasma now. The patient's tongue and…
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Blocked D Phenomenon
Why Would an RhD-Positive Baby Type as RhD-Negative? An intrauterine transfusion can certainly complicate neonatal blood typing, particularly when donor red ce…
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Fat Embolism Syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cells on a peripheral blood smear Blood Banks are no stranger to patients with Sickle Cell Anemia. Many patients are chronically transfused, and many o…
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PFAS and the Blood Bank -- How are they related?
Don't bust out the Optia in hopes of therapeutic PFAS level reduction apheresis just yet... however... What are PFAS? Are PFAS the new asbestos? You may h…
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Anti-LW vs Anti-D
What is anti-LW? Not to be confused with Lutheran or Lewis, Anti-LW antibodies, named after Karl Landsteiner and Alexander Wiener, are generally thought to b…
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