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Theme 2: Lecture 8 - Principles of blood transfusion Flashcards

1
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What is the fundamental problem with blood transfusion

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  • Red cells have antigens on their surface
  • Human plasma may contain antibodies to these antigens
  • These can cause reactions - sometimes fatal
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Agglutinins

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Naturally occurring pentameric IgM antibodies in the plasma

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What does transfusion of ABO incompatible blood cause

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intravascular lysis (red blood cells rupture)

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What can intravascular lysis due to transfusion of incompatible blood cause

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  • shock, hypotension, tachycardia
  • renal failure, loin pain, haemoglobinuria
  • disseminated intravascular coagulation
  • death
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haemoglobinuria

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presence of excess haemoglobin in the blood

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Blood group A

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If you belong to the blood group A, you have A antigens on the surface of your red blood cells and B antibodies in your blood plasma.

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Blood group B

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If you belong to the blood group B, you have B antigens on the surface of your red blood cells and A antibodies in your blood plasma

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Blood group AB

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If you belong to the blood group AB, you have both A and B antigens on the surface of your red blood cells and no A or B antibodies at all in your blood plasma.

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Blood group O

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If you belong to the blood group 0 (null), you have neither A or B antigens on the surface of your red blood cells but you have both A and B antibodies in your blood plasma.

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What is cross matching by forward grouping

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Determining what antigens are present on the RBCs by mixing a patient’s RBCs with known anti serum

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What is cross matching by reverse grouping

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Determines what antibodies are present by mixing patient’s plasma with known RBCs

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12
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Who can blood group AB give blood to

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Blood group AB

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13
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Who can blood group AB receive blood from

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AB, A, B, O

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14
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Who can blood group A give blood to

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A and AB

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Who can blood group A receive blood from

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A and O

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16
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Who can blood group B give blood to

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B and AB

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17
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Who can blood group B receive blood from

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B and O

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18
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Who can blood group O give blood to

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AB, A, B, O

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19
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Who can blood group O receive blood from

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O

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20
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% of people with blood group O in the UK

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46%

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21
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% of people with blood group A in the UK

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42%

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% of people with blood group B in the UK

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9%

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% of people with blood group AB in the UK

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3%

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What does the lad do when you send a blood sample

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  • Test the ABO group of red cells

- Screen for atypical antibodies

25
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What are atypical antibodies

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  • These arise due to sensitisation with foreign red cell antigens
  • Atypical antibodies can cause blood transfusion reactions if the patient is transfused with incompatible blood in the future
26
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What causes atypical antibodies

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  • previous blood transfusion

- pregnancy

27
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Anti-globulin or Coombs test

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It uses anti-immunoglobulin antibody to agglutinate red cells

28
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What are the two types of anti globulin or Coombs test

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  • Direct antiglobulin test (DAT)

- Indirect antiglobulin test (IAT)

29
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What does the DAT tell us

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The DAT tells us if red cells are coated with antibody

30
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When is the DAT positive

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  • It is positive after a transfusion reaction and in HDN

- It is also positive in autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

31
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IAT

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  • The IAT is used in the lab for testing blood group antigens
  • It can tell us if a patient is positive for Rhesus and other blood groups
32
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Can Rhesus positive people develop antibodies

33
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When can Rhesus negative people develop antibodies

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  • they are transfused with Rh pos blood

- pregnant with a Rh pos baby

34
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What antibody is generated in Rhesus sensitisation

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IgG type antibodies

35
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What is Rhesus sensitisation

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When Rhesus negative people develop antibodies

36
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Haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN)

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If a mother, who is Rh neg is pregnant with an Rh pos fetus, she may produce antibodies that can cross the placenta and harm the baby

37
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Can a Rh negative person who develops Rh antibodies be given Rh positive blood

38
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Which antigens does the Rhesus system comprise of

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C, D and E (only need to know D)

39
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What can HDN cause in the baby

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  • Anaemia
  • Jaundice
  • Kernicterus
40
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Kernicterus

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brain damage due to high levels of bilirubin in the blood

41
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How is HDN prevented

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  • Rh-ve women (15%) receive anti-D antibody i.m. injection at 28 and 34 weeks to prevent sensitisation
  • Baby tested at birth and if Rh+ve, mother receives further anti-D until Kleihauer test (foetal cells) becomes negative
  • If already sensitised, then the foetus requires monitoring via trans-cranial Doppler scan and may require intra-uterine transfusions if signs of anaemia
42
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What is in a bag of donated blood

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  • Red cells
  • Buffy coat (white cells, platelets)
  • Plasma (albumin, gamma globulins, coagulation factors)
  • Water, electrolytes, additives
43
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What is the process that blood goes through to be separated into its different parts

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Fractionation

44
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Apheresis

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A medical procedure that involves removing whole blood from a donor or patient and separating the blood into individual components so that one particular component can be removed. The remaining blood components then are re-introduced back into the bloodstream of the patient or donor.

45
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When do you give a blood transfusion

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  • Severe acute blood loss
  • Elective surgery associated with significant blood loss
  • Medical transfusions (cancer, chemotherapy, renal failure)
  • Anaemia
46
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When do you give a blood transfusion in anaemia

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  • Only for symptomatic anaemia or if refractory to haematinic replacement
  • Bone marrow failure e.g., myelodysplasia or aplastic anaemia
  • Haemoglobinopathy - thalassaemia major and sickle cell disease
47
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Cryoprecipitate

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plasma but enriched with fibrinogen

48
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What type of transfusion is cell salvage

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blood lost during operation is reinfused into the patient (rarely done)

49
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What is an autologous transfusion

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store blood from somebody to be given back to them at a later date (very rarely done)

50
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What other transfusion reactions are there (excluding transfusion of ABO incompatible blood)

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  • Febrile non-haemolytic reactions
  • Fluid overload
  • Anaphylaxis and severe allergic reactions
  • Minor allergic reactions
  • Delayed transfusion reactions
  • TRALI (transfusion related acute lung injury
51
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What are the broad transfusion transmitted infections that you could get

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  • Bacterial infections
  • Viral infections
  • Malaria
  • vCJD
52
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What are the bacterial infections you could get from blood transfusions

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  • syphilis
  • pyogenic infections
  • contamination infections (pseudomonas)
53
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What are the viral infections you could get from blood transfusions

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  • hepatitis (B,C)
  • HIV
  • Others - HTLV (Human T-lymphotropic virus), CMV
  • Emerging - West Nile virus
54
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Haemosiderosis

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iron overload

55
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How is iron overload treated

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by iron chelation

56
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What can happen if you transfuse too quickly

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fluid overload

57
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What can fluid overload cause

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acute pulmonary oedema

58
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Frusemide

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A diuretic drug

59
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How is fluid overload treated

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with diuretics to remove fluid

Module 103: The Heart, Lungs and Blood (51 decks)

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