Journal Club: Intravenous immunoglobulin-associated hemolysis

Hanadi AlJedani, MD
Transfusion Medicine Physician Trainee, Dalhousie University, Halifax
 

Objectives

• Overview on intravenous ummunoglobulin products, manufacturing, indications
• Overview IVIG-related hemolysis and related published studies
• Discussion of the journal club article

Reference

Occurrence of hemolytic reactions on the same day as immune globulin product administrations during 2008 to 2014. Sridhar G, Ekezue BF, Izurieta HS, Forshee RA, Selvam N, Mintz PD, Anderson SA, Menis MD. Transfusion. 2018 Jan;58(1):70-80. doi: 10.1111/trf.14384. Epub 2017 Nov 8. PMID: 29119575

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