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hemolysis
- rupture of RBCs
- and the release of hemoglobin into the blood plasma
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universal recipient
- people with type AB blood do not have anti A or Anti B antibodies in their blood plasma.
- They can receive blood from all four types
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Universal donors
people with type O blood. They can theoretically donate to all four blood groups
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Rh blood group
People's who RBCs have the RH antigens are designated Rh +.Those who lack Rh antigens are designated Rh -
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hemolytic disease of the newborn
- arises during pregnancy is a small amount of Rh+ blood leaks from the fetus through the
- placenta into the blood stream of an Rh - mother the mother will start to create anti Rh antibodies which will affect her next baby
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cross matching
- the possible donor RBCs are mixed with the recipients serum. If agglutination does not occur, the recipient does not have
- antibodues that will attack the donor RBCs
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screening
- the recipients serum can be screened against a test panel of RBCs having antigens known to
- cause blood transfusion reactions to detect antibodies that may be present.
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anemia
- is a condition in which the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood is reduced. It is characterized by reduced numbers of RBCs or decreased amounts of hemoglobin in the blood. The person feels fatigued and is
- intolerant to the cold
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sickle cell disease
- the RBCs contain H6-S, an abnormal kind of hemoglobin. When H6-S gives up oxygen
- to the interstitial fluid, it forms long stiff rod like structures that bend the erythrocytes into a sickle shape which ruptures easily. People with this have some kind of anemia and mild jaundice
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hemophilia
- is an inherited deficiency of clotting in which bleeding may occur spontaneously os after only minor trauma. It is the oldest
- known hereditary bleeding disorder. nose bleeds, blood in urin and hemorrhages in joints that produce pain and tissue damage
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leukemia
- refers to a group of red bone marrow cancers in which abnormal white blood cells multiply uncontrollably. The accumulation of the
- cancerous white blood cells in red bone marrow interferes with the production of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. As a result the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is reduced and an individual is more susceptible to infection
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cyanosis
- slightly bluish purple skin discoloration most
- easily seen in the nail beds and mucous membranes, due to an increased quantity or reduced hemoglobin ( hemoglobin not attached to oxygen) in systemic blood
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jaundice
an abnormal yellowish discoloration of the sclera of the eyes, skin and mucous membranes due to excess bilirubin (yellow orange pigment) in the blood
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Septicemia
toxins or disease-causing bacteria in the blood. Also called blood poisoning
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