ABO incompatibility

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Antibodies

Jaundice infant

The following are symptoms of transfusion reactions:

• Back pain
• Blood in urine
• Feeling of "impending doom"
• Fever
• Yellow skin (jaundice)

• Bilirubin level is high
• Complete blood count (CBC) shows damaged red blood cells, may also show mild anemia
• Lab testing of patient's and donor's blood shows that they are not compatible

Review Date: 05/13/2008
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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