Vishnu Koneru MD
Vishnu Koneru MD

@vikrikon

9 Tweets 83 reads Mar 22, 2023
You,an ER intern transfuse a 60yr โ™€ with 2 units of blood๐Ÿฉธ
5 hrs pass & youre about to leave for home,& she becomes severely breathless๐Ÿฅต
O2 satsใ€ฝ๏ธ80%
O/E ๐Ÿ”ŠLoud rales
You shift her to the ICU and are lost in thought-what just happened?
๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ v ๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข -A short thread๐Ÿงต
๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ: Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury and
๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข: Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload are important transfusion complications.
๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ :~ 1.8 in every lakh transfusions,within 6 hrs of transfusion
๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข :~1% of transfusions, can occur upto 12 hrs
TRALI - has 2 pathophysiologic mechanisms:
1.๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† hypothesis-
HLA or HNA(neutrophil) a.b. in the transfused component reacts with neutrophil antigens in the recipient->Recipient neutrophils lodge in pulmonary capillaries-> release mediators--> pulmo capillary leak
2.๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น priming hypothesis: Conditions such as infection,surgery,inflammation ->Predisposition to neutrophil priming & endothelial activation-> Bioactive substances in the transfused component activate the primed sequestered neutrophils-->pulmo endothelial damage
๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข pathophysiology-
Volume Overload of the transfused blood components and that of any coincidental infusions --> acute ๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฎ --> acute pulmonary edema
๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†:
๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ- Essentially a state of ๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ ๐Ÿซ
๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข- Essentially a state of ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ’—
๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†:
๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ-
Features of pulmonary oedema(can progress to alveolar & interstitial infiltrates).Lung opacities usually clear within 96 hours in 80% of patients.
๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข-
Features of Pulmonary edema(with/without pleural effusion) + ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†
๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
Stop transfusion ๐Ÿ›‘, aggressive respiratory support ๐Ÿ’จ
๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ -->Give fluids(if needed) for BP control ๐Ÿ’ง
๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข --> Give Diuretics to remove excess fluid ๐ŸŒŠ
Conceptual trivia!
You deserve some if you've read thus far! ๐Ÿ˜œ
The incidence of ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ can be reduced with increased ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ screening.
The incidence of ๐—ง๐—”๐—–๐—ข can be reduced with increased ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ screening.
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