Transfusion related acute lung injury: An underdiagnosed and dangerous entity.
2017
M A Ariza-Prota, and
A Pando-Sandoval, and
T Budiño
Área del Pulmón, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Instituto Nacional de Silicosis (INS), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain. Electronic address: arizamiguel@hotmail.com.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D005260
Female
Females
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000073617
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury
A rare but serious transfusion-related reaction in which fluid builds up in the lungs unrelated to excessively high infusion rate and/or volume (TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD). Signs of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury include pulmonary secretions; hypotension; fever; DYSPNEA; TACHYPNEA; TACHYCARDIA; and CYANOSIS.