Description of Event or Problem · 1
FOTY-FIVE MINUTES AFTER INITIATION OF A 3ML/MIN RED CELL TRANSFUSION, THE PT (DIAGNOSED WITH AML) EXPERIENCED A TRANSFUSION REACTION, CHARACTERIZED BY HYPOTENSION (FROM 150/100 MMHG TO 50 MMHG SYSTOLIC) AND HYPOXIA (SP O2) =89.5%, DYSPNEA, INCONTINENCE, AND UNRESPONSIVENESS. EDEMA WAS PRESENT IN BOTH EYELIDS. THIRTY-FIVE (35) MINUTES AFTER RESUSCITATION WITH RINGERS LACTATE, HYDROCORTISONE, AND OXYGEN, BP ROSE TO 104/70 AND THE PT RECOVERED CONSCIOUSNESS. TWENTY-FIVE (25) MINUTES LATER, BP HAD RECOVERED TO 114/70 MMHG, SP O2 WAS 99% AND DYSPNEA WAS RESOLVED. WITHIN ANOTHER 45 MINUTES BP REACHED 127/80, SP O2= 100%. NO SEQUELAE WERE NOTED AT THREE DAYS AFTER THE TRANSFUSION REACTION. THE REPORTER FELT THE RED CELLS AND/OR BEDSIDE LEUKOREDUCTION DEVICE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS TRANSFUSION REACTION.