Patients who are Rh negative, if transfused with Rh-positive blood, can become immunized for anti-D immunoglobulin (Ig).1 These patients are at risk of severe transfusion reactions, and if they become ...

An illness characterized by jaundice, aplastic anemia and striking histiocytic reaction in the bone marrow developed in an eight-week-old infant who survived three intrauterine transfusions for Rh ...

Blood transfusions can be life-saving in the appropriate setting. The vast majority of transfusions are completed without incident, but every transfusion recipient is at risk of a variety of adverse ...

Ever wondered why some people's blood groups are positive and others negative? It’s all got to do with the Rh factor on your blood cells. Rh factor, or the Rhesus factor, is an antigen. You may or may ...

If the blood type is not a match, you can experience a transfusion reaction. You can also have a transfusion reaction if you receive blood containing infectious microbes, if you experience an allergic ...