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What is a transfusion reaction?
What is a transfusion reaction?
- When donor and recipient blood types are compatible
- When the donor's body rejects the recipient's blood
- When donor and recipient blood types are not compatible (correct)
- When the recipient's body rejects the transfused blood
What happens when plasma antibody meets its specific surface antigen during a transfusion reaction?
What happens when plasma antibody meets its specific surface antigen during a transfusion reaction?
- Antibodies will be attached to RBC bearing the antigen attaching them to another RBC which can block the small vessels (correct)
- The donor's body immediately accepts the recipient's blood
- Nothing happens
- The recipient's body immediately accepts the transfused blood
What is the severity of the resulting transfusion reaction?
What is the severity of the resulting transfusion reaction?
- Mild headache and dizziness
- Moderate fever and fatigue
- Asymptomatic minor rise in the plasma bilirubin level
- Severe jaundice and renal tubular damage leading to anuria and death (correct)
