A patient receives 2 units of red blood cells. Four days later, the patient’s hemoglobin and hematocrit values did not rise above the pre-transfusion level. In addition, the patient’s serum bilirubin is elevated. The doctor should suspect:

When this is the ONLY symptom of a transfusion reaction, the transfusion can be stopped and then restarted again after the patient is treated.

An average sized adult has a hemoglobin value of 6.0 gm/dL. How many units of RBC will likely need to be transfused to increase the hemoglobin to 10.0 gm/dL?

Which statement isTRUE?

Which types of plasma would be appropriate for an A negative recipient?

Mom is B neg, weak D neg, ADT pos (anti-D) and Baby is B pos Is this mom eligible for RhoGam?

Mary Smith is pregnant and has anti-D in her serum. Her serum was titered in her 4th and 5th months of pregnancy, using the standard doubling dilution method (i.e. 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, etc). The results are shown below. Mary’s titer at 5 months is considered significant because: Patient: Mary Smith Tube number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4th month of pregnancy 4+ 4+ 3+ 2+ 2+ 1+ – – – – 5th month of pregnancy 4+ 4+ 4+ 3+ 3+ 3+ 1+ – – –  

Match the adverse effect of transfusion with the special procedure most commonly used to prevent it.  Answers may be used more than once.

Which condition would most likely result in a negative DAT?

Which Rh antibodies may occur together in an R2R2 individual?