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Nasiru Garba
Nasiru Garba
Nigeria
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Acute Blood Transfusion Reactions in Pregnancy, an Observational Study from North Eastern Nigeria
Author(s): Umar Nasiru Ibrahim, Nasiru Garba and Idris Musa TildeUmar Nasiru Ibrahim, Nasiru Garba and Idris Musa Tilde
Blood transfusion is one of the key interventions in emergency obstetrics care and is known to save lives, however complications do occur. Pregnancy has certain peculiarities, which includes physiological changes, development of antigens against red cells, leucocytes and platelets. History of previous transfusion is common in pregnancy. The aim of this study is to find the incidence, presentations, types and risk factors for developing acute transfusions reaction in pregnancy. Materials and methods: Retrospective study of all blood transfusions in pregnancy between January to December 2012 at Federal Medical Centre Azare, Nigeria. Results: 1602 pregnant women received blood transfusion out of 15213, given a transfusion rate of 10.5% the mean age and parity were 28.3 ± 4.2 years and 6 ± 1 respectively. Acute reactions were found in 26.3%. Non heamolytic febrile reaction a.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9864.1000145