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How do you manage hyperhemolysis syndrome in a patient with life-threatening anemia and evidence of end-organ ischemia who requires emergent transfusion despite the risk of worsening hemolysis?

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How do you manage hyperhemolysis in a patient with life-threatening anemia and evidence of end-organ ischemia who requires emergent transfusion despite the risk of worsening hemolysis?

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · Weill Cornell Medical College
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Any sudden onset rapid hemolysis could be encompassed by the term hyperhemolysis, for instance following a mismatched transfusion, a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR), hemolysis triggered by an autoantibody, or a toxin in someone with G6PD deficiency or an infection in someone with spher...

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