[Report of a case with a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction after open heart surgery]

Kyobu Geka. 1991 May;44(5):421-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A case of delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction (DHTR) caused by blood transfusions after open heart surgery was reported in a 61-year-old woman. She had undergone mitral annuloplasty 8 years before. She underwent the 2nd mitral and tricuspid annuloplasty for recurrent mitral and tricuspid regurgitation in 1988. After the reoperation, she developed severe hemolytic anemia with fever. The anti-Jka antibody was detected in her serum by the blood antibody screening test. She was diagnosed to have a DHTR. She was treated conservatively and recovered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hemolytic / etiology*
  • Blood Group Incompatibility / immunology*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Female
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Isoantibodies / analysis
  • Kidd Blood-Group System / immunology
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Transfusion Reaction*
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery

Substances

  • Isoantibodies
  • Kidd Blood-Group System