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A 72-year-old male with myelodysplastic syndrome, multiply transfused with a known history of anti-E and anti-c antibodies, presents to the outpatient transfusion service. He was transfused with 2 units of red blood cells (RBCs) 5 weeks ago. The patient’s hematocrit (Hct) is now 22 % and 1 unit of RBCs is requested for the patient. A type and crossmatch sample (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, EDTA anticoagulant) is submitted to the blood bank.
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Friedman, M., West, K., Bizargity, P. (2016). Are You Kidding?. In: Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22342-1_9
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