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Definition of Transfusion reaction
1. Noun. Reaction of the body to a transfusion of blood that is not compatible with its own blood; an adverse reaction can range from fever and hives to renal failure and shock and death.
Medical Definition of Transfusion reaction
1. A reaction to a blood transfusion secondary to some incompatibility in type, RH factor or other surface antigens. May be manifest by haemolytic anaemia, heart failure, and-or renal failure. Symptoms include facial flushing, angioedema, headache, wheezing, anaphylaxis, shock, fever, chills and breathing difficulty. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transfusion Reaction
Literary usage of Transfusion reaction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1919)
"Frank post-transfusion reaction is characterized by chill and fever, nausea and
vomiting, and frequently urticaria and severe headache. ..."
2. Code of Federal Regulations by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"When it is determined that the product was at fault in causing a transfusion
reaction, copies of all such written reports shall be forwarded to and ..."
3. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"The delayed transfusion reaction occurs 5 to 20 days after transfusion and is due
... The delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction that can result may cause ..."
4. Blood Supply: Transfusion-Associated Risks by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"Transfusing ABO-incompatible blood usually—but not always—leads to a hemolytic
transfusion reaction ..."
5. Blood Transfusion, Hemorrhage and the Anaemias by Bertrand Moses Bernheim (1917)
"... transfusion and one in which whole untreated blood is used that cannot be
passed over—a post-transfusion reaction, as manifested by a chill and fever, ..."
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