TY - BOOK AU - Allaga, Marivi V., MD. TI - Respecting blood and its components: what`s every physician should know about transfusion reactions a case report / AV - MED20090010 PY - 2009/// CY - Fairview, Quezon City PB - Department of Medicine, FEU-NRMF N1 - Includes appendices and bibliographical references; RESDM N2 - ABSTRACT: Blood transfusions can be life-saving in the Appropriate setting. The vast majority of transfusions are completed without incident, but every transfusion recipient is at risk of a variety of adverse events that can occur during, shortly after or long after the transfusion. Most transfusion reactions are diagnosed by exclusion; thus, any significant change in a patients condition during transfusion should prompt an investigation. Successful investigation of a transfusion depends on detailed observation, documentation and reporting of the patients vital sign, before and after the transfusion, and the signs and symptoms that prompted the investigation ER -