Midterm Flashcards
Patient has colon cancer and a lower GI bleed
Anti-A : 4+
Anti-B : 1+
Anti-D : 4+
A1 : 0
B : 4+
What is the discrepancy? What is the blood type? What caused the discrepancy? What can be safely transfused?
Probable acquired B phenotype
A pos blood type
Discrepancy caused by GI bleed
Can receive A+, A=, O= and O+
Patient has pre-op labs before hysterectomy
Anti-A : 4+
Anti-B : 0
Anti-D : 4+
A1 : 2+
B : 4+
What is the discrepancy? What additional testing should be done? What is the blood type? What blood should be on hold?
A subgroup
A1 lectin
A2 pos
O+ AHG crossmatched
Patient has multiple myeloma
Anti-A : 4+
Anti-B : 4+
Anti-D : 4+
A1 : 1+
B : 1+
What discrepancy? How to resolve?
Rouleaux or cold auto antibody
Wash RBCs and repeat test, test for cold autoantibodies
Why is a history of multiple myeloma significant for blood bank?
it can cause rouleaux
What drug prescribed for multiple myeloma causes problems with antibody testing and Why? What would the screen and panel look like?
Darzalex is often mistaken as autoantibody or alloantibody and causes pan-reactivity. The DAT can be positive
Chimerism and how it affects blood typing
Chimerism is a mixture of donor and recipient cell populations after hematopoetic stem cell transplants. This determines if there was a successful transplant and if further testing in needed
R0
cDe
R1
CDe
R2
cDE
Rz
CDE
r
cde
r’
Cde
r’’
cdE
ry
CdE
A x B possible phenotypes
A, B, AB, O
AB x AB possible phenotypes
A, B, AB
B x B possible phenotypes
B, O
O x O possible phenotypes
O
Rr x rr possible phenotypes
Rr, rr
A x O possible phenotypes
A, O
AB x A possible phenotypes
A, B, AB
AB x O possible phenotypes
A, B
Why do we test for weak D?
To make sure the patient in negative and to see if patient is a candidate for Rhogam, and to make anti-D transfusion decisions
What testing method is used to test for weak D?
IAT