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IBCC Episode 88 - Sickle Cell Acute Chest Syndrome

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Sickle Cell Transfusion - Risk and Benefits

Sickle cell patients are t increased risk of alloy immunization. Some blood banks will match additional antegens like e c and kell that they would not match for other patients. It's important to talk to the blood bank and say, hay, i have a sickle cell patient here. They might need an exchange transfusion,. The most extreme which can happen is hyper hemal syndrom.

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