RT Book, Section A1 Reverte, Christopher A1 Fernandez, Jorge A2 Sherman, Scott C. A2 Weber, Joseph M. A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 Rahul G., Patwari SR Print(0) ID 1101228130 T1 Transfusion Reaction T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-179460-2 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101228130 RD 2024/03/28 AB Obtain consent when possible before administering blood transfusions and properly inform patients regarding the risk of developing complications.Always transfuse leukocyte-reduced blood products to recipients who are immunocompromised to prevent graft versus host disease.It may be difficult to clinically distinguish between benign (urticaria, simple febrile reactions) and more serious transfusion reactions (acute hemolysis, anaphylaxis, transfusion-associated acute lung injury, sepsis).Whenever a transfusion reaction is suspected, immediately stop the transfusion, confirm that the correct blood product was administered to the correct recipient, and send samples of the transfused product and the recipient's serum to the blood bank for further analysis.