What Does “Least Incompatible” Blood Actually Mean?
You have a patient with a warm autoantibody. The antibody screen is positive. The panel is positive. The autocontrol is positive. The DAT is positive. And no…
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Why Do Liver Transplants Require So Much Blood?
Why Can Liver Transplants Use So Much Blood? Liver transplantation is one of the most impressive procedures in modern medicine. It can also be an absolute nigh…
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Anti-Jk3 -- The Other Kidd
Kidd Genesis — Jk-Null Phenotype and Anti-Jk3 Most blood bankers are familiar with Jkᵃ and Jkᵇ , particularly because Kidd antibodies have a nasty habit of dis…
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Anti-PP1Pk and Pregnancy
In women with a rare p phenotype, which lacks P, P1, and Pk red cell antigens, there is a presence of naturally occurring anti-PP1Pk antibodies, previously ref…
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Platelet Refractoriness
Platelet refractoriness is a significant challenge in transfusion medicine, referring to the failure of a patient to achieve the expected increase in platelet …
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Weak D Vs Partial D
The D antigen, a significant component of the Rh blood group system, plays a crucial role in transfusion medicine. While most individuals are categorized as ei…
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Subgroups of (Blood Type) B?
Yes, they do exist! We are generally much more familiar with subgroups of A, especially in patients who have made an Anti-A1, but subgroups of B do exist in pa…
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