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Do you use premedications (acetaminophen, diphenhydramine) before pRBC and plt transfusions to prevent febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions and allergic reactions?

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Hematology · University of Pittsburgh

I do not routinely premedicate patients. There is a recent meta-analysis that shows no benefit. I only premedicate those who have had a prior transfusion reaction. Old studies showed this was a common practice but those studies were performed before universal leukoreduction and other strategies aimi...

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