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nbme 3, no one agrees on the same answer
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  #1

A 27 y/o woman is hospitalized after sustaining bilateral femoral shaft fractures in amotor vehicle colllision. 20 minutes after transfusion of 1 unit of RBC, she develops back, and flank pain, and hematurea. t: 38.5. which of the following is the most likely cause of these symptoms?

a) ABO incompatibility
b) Contamination of the transfused blood
c) Fat embolism syndrome
d) reaction to leukocytes antigen in the transfused blood
e) retroperitoneal bleeding

  #2

I go with A

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  #3

A.
hematuria-abo incompatablity
only fever and backpain-d.


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  #4

I think it's A.

I used to think that the answer may be retroperitoneal bleeding because of the haematuria, but ABO incompatilibity does cause haematuria (how? I don't know). The whole clinical picture just seems to fit with A.

  #5

can someone give an explanation for this q?

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  #6

a) ABO incompatibility

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  #7

The answer is c fat embolism syndrome

  #8

d...as AB0 is mostly matched..,yet reaction occured







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