1. Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury: A Case Report
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Arzu Çalışkan Polat, Yeşim Yiğit, Esra Nagehan Akyol Önder, Ayşen Türedi Yıldırım, Pelin Ertan, and Hüseyin Gülen
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transfusion-related acute lung injury ,hemolytic uremic syndrome ,respiratory distress ,plasmapheresis ,systemic steroid treatment ,Medicine ,Pediatrics ,RJ1-570 - Abstract
Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a non-cardiac pulmonary edema presenting with severe dyspnea, hypoxia and bilateral diffuse infiltrates on chest X-ray. It usually occurs within the first 6 hours following the administration of plasma and plasma rich blood products. Herein, we present a patient who developed TRALI shortly after plasmapheresis due to Hemolytic Uremic syndrome and exhibited a dramatic response with early systemic steroid treatment.
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- 2020
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