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How do you manage a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction in a patient with sickle cell disease?

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Hematology · UTHSC Center for Sickle Cell Disease

The diagnosis and management of a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) requires a high index of suspicion. In those patients in whom a DHTR is suspected or confirmed, further RBC transfusion should be withheld unless absolutely necessary, and if then only with the most compatible RBC units....

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