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Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

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Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) (May cause ARDS)

A leading cause of transfusion-related mortality

Can occur at any age, including in neonates

Diuretics may aggravate this form of pulmonary injury

Publications

Bougie DW, Peterson JA, Kanack AJ, Curtis BR, Aster RH

Transfusion-related acute lung injury-associated HNA-3a antibodies recognize complex determinants on choline transporter-like protein 2.

Transfusion. 2014;54(12):3208-15

Weber LL, Roberts LD, Sweeney JD

Residual plasma in red blood cells and transfusion-related acute lung injury.

Transfusion. 2014;54(10):2425-30

Torbati SS, Schlesinger S, Niku D

Acute respiratory failure during routine blood transfusion: a case report and review of the literature.

The Journal of emergency medicine. 2014;46(3):341-4

Vlaar AP, Juffermans NP

Transfusion-related acute lung injury: a clinical review.

Lancet (London, England). 2013;382(9896):984-94

Tsai HI, Chou AH, Yang MW

Perioperative transfusion-related acute lung injury: a retrospective analysis.

Acta anaesthesiologica Taiwanica : official journal of the Taiwan Society of Anesthesiologists. 2012;50(3):96-100

Schmidt AE, Adamski J, Education Committee of the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists

Pathology consultation on transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI).

American journal of clinical pathology. 2012;138(4):498-503

Rashid N, Al-Sufayan F, Seshia MM, Baier RJ

Post transfusion lung injury in the neonatal population.

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2013;33(4):292-6

Benson AB

Pulmonary complications of transfused blood components.

Critical care nursing clinics of North America. 2012;24(3):403-18

Vlaar AP, Hofstra JJ, Determann RM, Veelo DP, Paulus F, Levi M, Zeerleder S, Vroom MB, Schultz MJ, Juffermans NP

Transfusion-related acute lung injury in cardiac surgery patients is characterized by pulmonary inflammation and coagulopathy: a prospective nested case-control study.

Critical care medicine. 2012;40(10):2813-20

Saw CL, Hannach B, Petrazsko T, Nickerson P

Blood donors implicated in transfusion-related acute lung injury with patient-specific HLA antibodies are more broadly sensitized to HLA antigens compared to other blood donors.

Transfusion. 2013;53(3):518-25

Vlaar AP

Transfusion-related acute lung injury: Current understanding and preventive strategies.

Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine. 2012;19(3):117-24

Makar RS, Powers A, Stowell CP

Reducing transfusion-related acute lung injury risk: evidence for and approaches to transfusion-related acute lung injury mitigation.

Transfusion medicine reviews. 2012;26(4):305-20

Lucas G, Win N, Calvert A, Green A, Griffin E, Bendukidze N, Hopkins M, Browne T, Poles A, Chapman C, Massey E

Reducing the incidence of TRALI in the UK: the results of screening for donor leucocyte antibodies and the development of national guidelines.

Vox sanguinis. 2012;103(1):10-7

Toy P, Gajic O, Bacchetti P, Looney MR, Gropper MA, Hubmayr R, Lowell CA, Norris PJ, Murphy EL, Weiskopf RB, Wilson G, Koenigsberg M, Lee D, Schuller R, Wu P, Grimes B, Gandhi MJ, Winters JL, Mair D, Hirschler N, Sanchez Rosen R, Matthay MA, TRALI Study G

Transfusion-related acute lung injury: incidence and risk factors.

Blood. 2012;119(7):1757-67

Jensen HM, Galante JM, Kysar PE, Tolstikov VV, Reddy KJ, Holland PV

TRALI is due to pulmonary venule damage from leucocytes with cholesterol crystal formation.

Vox sanguinis. 2010;98(2):130-7

Triulzi DJ

Transfusion-related acute lung injury: current concepts for the clinician.

Anesthesia and analgesia. 2009;108(3):770-6

Popovsky MA

Pulmonary consequences of transfusion: TRALI and TACO.

Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis. 2006;34(3):243-4

Shander A, Popovsky MA

Understanding the consequences of transfusion-related acute lung injury.

Chest. 2005;128(5 Suppl 2):598S-604S

Gajic O, Moore SB

Transfusion-related acute lung injury.

Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2005;80(6):766-70

Looney MR, Gropper MA, Matthay MA

Transfusion-related acute lung injury: a review.

Chest. 2004;126(1):249-58