Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in hospitalized patients

Autor: Chen, Chunxia, Wang, Lixin, Han, Bing, Qin, Li, Ying, Binwu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Medicine
ISSN: 1536-5964
0025-7974
Popis: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare disease in which autoantibodies target red blood cells (RBCs), leading to anemia that ranges from no symptoms to severe life-threatening hemolysis. Little is known about the severity of anemia, blood transfusion efficiency and risk of transfusion-related reactions among hospitalized AIHA patients, especially in those with incompatible RBC transfusions. A retrospective study was conducted among hospitalized AIHA patients from January 2009 to December 2015 in a large tertiary care medical center in southwest China. A total of 450 AIHA hospitalized patients were recruited, of whom 97.3% had warm AIHA, 30.3% had primary AIHA, and 90.7% were treated with corticosteroids. On admission, approximately 3% of patients had an hemoglobin (Hb)
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