FINDING THE RIGHT CAUSE FOR HEMOLYSIS IN PATIENT WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS AFTER BLOOD TRANSFUSION

• Main Authors: Irena Kramar, Stojan Kariž, Nadja Plazar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2004-12-01
• Series: Zdravniški Vestnik
• Subjects: intravascular hemolysis; ulcerativ colitis
• Online Access: http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2445

<p>Background. Acute hemolysis is a tempestuous life threatening disease. Finding the right couse as soon as possible is very important for the beginning of the right therapy. Because of its quick development there is a frequent lack of time to find exact causes and to prevent its development.</p><p>Methods and materials. A case of 62-year old female patient with ulcerative colitis, sideropenic anemia and febrile neutropenia is presented. She received a transfusion of 2 units of packed red blood cells. The following day she developed massive acute intravascular hemolysis with shock and multiple organ failure. She died within 24 hours after receiving the transfusion.</p><p>Results. If the outset of hemolysis begins after blood transfusion, we have to exclude unwanted side effects of such terapy as the reason for hemolysis.<br /><br /></p>