Diseases

Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

A rare but serious transfusion-related reaction in which fluid builds up in the lungs unrelated to excessively high infusion rate and/or volume (TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD). Signs of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury include pulmonary secretions; hypotension; fever; DYSPNEA; TACHYPNEA; TACHYCARDIA; and CYANOSIS.

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Abstract

A rare but serious transfusion-related reaction in which fluid builds up in the lungs unrelated to excessively high infusion rate and/or volume (TRANSFUSION-ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY OVERLOAD). Signs of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury include pulmonary secretions; hypotension; fever; DYSPNEA; TACHYPNEA; TACHYCARDIA; and CYANOSIS.

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  • Acute Lung Injury, Transfusion-Related
  • TRALI
  • Acute Lung Injury, Transfusion Related
  • Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2018

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Previous Indexing

  • Blood Transfusion/adverse effects (1983-2017)
  • Transfusion Reaction (2014-2017)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073617. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073617
  2. Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfusion-related_acute_lung_injury
  3. Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1472604