nbme20/Block 4/Question#49
A 23-year-old woman sustains significant blood loss ...
Direct antiglobulin test
ergogenic22
there is a delayed onset hemolytic transfusion reaction which should be evaluated with direct cooms test.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448158/
+1 2019-06-03T07:48:57Z
hungrybox
such a dumb question wtf
+1 2019-06-07T00:00:04Z
to snoo-finity ... and beyond!
submitted by sympathetikey(133), 2019-06-01T04:02:11Z
Direct Antiglobulin = Direct Coombs Test
Detects antibodies bound directly to RBCs. Hemolysis most likely due to something in the transfused blood (not sure why it took 4 weeks when Type 2 HS is supposed to be quicker but w/e).