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B A Barnes

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PubMed1968

O-t-c vitamins.

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The risk of abbreviating the major crossmatch in urgent or massive transfusion.

The risk of abbreviating the major crossmatch in urgent situations by issuing blood after an "immediate spin" phase was evaluated by a retrospective study of 82,647 crossmatches performed on serum from approximately 13,950 patients. Although the initial screening test for unexpected antibodies for all patients failed to show agglutination or hemolysis of the reagent red blood cells, agglutination was subsequently noted during at least one crossmatch performed for 148 of them. Further evaluation of these patients' serums indicated that most positive reactions were due to weakly reactive low thermal amplitude antibodies. Eight of the incompatible crossmatches were related to antibodies in the Kell, Kidd or Rh systems, and a ninth antibody, anti-E, was identified through subsequent evaluation of a cold antibody-induced crossmatch incompatibility. Issuance of blood in urgent situations after an "immediate spin" phase of the crossmatch, for patients whose red blood cells have been typed, and whose serums have been screened for unexpected antibodies, has a low level of risk.

Antibody Specificity↗
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Role of the crossmatch in testing for serologic incompatibility.

Nine unexpected antibodies of unquestioned clinical significance were detected when the major crossmatch was performed on 31,320 pretransfusion blood samples from 8969 patients whose screening test for unexpected antibodies was nonreactive. Three of the antibodies retrospectively were found to manifest a positive screening test. Another antibody was not detected by the antibody screening test due to an error in preparation of the screening red blood cells. The overriding importance of the major crossmatch is the assurance of ABO compatibility between donor blood and recipient. Therefore, while this study does not resolve whether the antiglobulin phase of the procedure might be considered optional, the major crossmatch should not be eliminated.

ABO Blood-Group System↗