Serious Adverse Blood Reactions Form

Instructions and help about Serious Adverse Blood Reactions

35 year old adam is brought to the emergency department by an ambulance after being involved in a motor vehicle crash upon examination you notice that he is significantly bleeding from his thigh so you decide to give him a blood transfusion five minutes later he develops shortness of breath one episode of non-bloody vomiting and a diffuse rash with erythematous borders starts to appear all over his body also his blood pressure drops to 60 over 40 millimeters of mercury some days later you see 50 year old jack who's complaining of fever malaise and a decreased production of urine for the past two days on further questioning jack tells you that he underwent a kidney transplantation one month ago upon examination you realize that he has high blood pressure 150 over 80 millimeters of mercury you decide to perform a biopsy of his transplanted kidney which reveals a dense lymphocytic infiltrate okay based on the initial presentation adam seems to have some form of blood transfusion reaction