FATALITY IN A BLOOD DONOR; A CASE REPORT, WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Authors: Cecil M. Zukerman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Case Reports1 April 1947FATALITY IN A BLOOD DONOR; A CASE REPORT, WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURECECIL M. ZUKERMANCECIL M. ZUKERMANSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-4-603 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe American Red Cross through its Blood Donor Centers collected approximately 13 million pints of blood during the period between 1941 and 1945. At the Chicago Blood Donor Center approximately 640,000 pints of blood were collected in the three and a half years of its operation.On each donor a history was taken and a brief physical examination was made so as not to accept a donor with an acute infection or serious chronic illness. Many donors, however, withheld or denied information relative to their physical condition, so that they would not be rejected.There has occurred only one fatality...Bibliography1. ZUKERMAN CM: Reaction (pale-outs) in blood donors, Jr. Iowa State Med. Soc., 1945, xxxv, xi, 428. Google Scholar2. BESTTAYLOR CHN: The physiological basis of medical practice, 1943, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar3. ANREPSEGALL GVHN: The regulation of coronary circulation, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1927, xvii, 7. Google Scholar4. ENGELROMANOMCLIN GLJTR: Vasodepressor and carotid sinus syncope: clinical, electroencephalographic, and electrocardiographic observations, Arch. Int. Med., 1944, lxxiv, 100. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WEISS S: Instantaneous "physiological" death, New England Jr. Med., 1940, ccxxiii, 793. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MASTERSDACKJAFFE AMSHL: The relation of various factors to the onset of coronary artery thrombosis, Jr. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1937, iii, 224. Google Scholar7. STEAD EA: Circulatory collapse and shock, in CECIL, RUSSEL L.: Textbook of Medicine, sixth edition, 1943, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar8. NATHANSON MH: Pathology and pharmacology of cardiac syncope and sudden death, Arch. Int. Med., 1936, lviii, 685. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. ENGLEHARDTSODEMAN HTWA: Syncope on exertion: relationship to coronary artery disease, Ann. Int. Med., 1945, xxii, 225. Google Scholar10. COOKSON H: Fainting and fits in cardiac infarction, Brit. Heart Jr., 1942, iv, 163. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BOYTONTAYLOR MHES: Complications arising in donors in a mass blood procurement project, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1945, ccix, 421. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. BROWNE GF: Intravenous injection of air fatal to a blood donor, Anaesthesiology, 1943, lv, 202. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Fatality in a blood donor, Editorial, Brit. Med. Jr., 1941, ii, 311. Google Scholar14. SIMPSON K: Air accidents during transfusion, Lancet, 1942, June 13, 697. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. MONTGOMERY LV: A case of multiple arterial thrombosis occurring in a professional donor, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1941, xliv, 289. Google Scholar16. HINESKESSLER LED: Venesection for the plethoric patient, Arch. Int. Med., 1945, lxxiv, 248. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: M.C. A.U.S. Davenport, Iowa*Received for publication April 23, 1946.From the American Red Cross Blood Donor Center, Chicago, Ill. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNeedle Phobia: Etiology, Adverse Consequences, and Patient ManagementNeedle Phobia During Pregnancy 1 April 1947Volume 26, Issue 4Page: 603-608KeywordsBlood banksBlood donors ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...