Algorithm of Shirey et al for Prophylactic Antigen-Matched Donor Blood for Transfusing a Patient with a Warm Autoantibody
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Description: | Shirey et al used an algorithm for selecting blood products for transfusing a patient with a warm autoantibody. This is intended to reduce the risk of a delayed transfusion reaction to a masked alloantibody. The authors are from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. |
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