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Table 2 Transfusion-dependent complications.

From: Beta-thalassemia

Iron overload

 

Infections

 
 

Known

 

   - Viral (HIV, HCV, HBV, HTLVI, West Nile virus)

 

   - Bacterial

 

   - Parasitic

 

Rare

 

   - Creutzfeld-Jacob disease

 

   - Emerging and new pathogens

Hemolytic reactions

 
 

Acute hemolytic reactions

 

Delayed hemolytic reactions

 

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Non-Hemolytic reactions

 
 

Allergic and anaphylactic reactions

 

Febrile non-hemolytic reactions

 

Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)

 

Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease

 

Circulatory overload

 

Post-transfusion purpura