Assertion: transfusion reaction | /r/HasProperty | life-threatening
Facets:
value: severely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: While transfusion reactions are a relatively rare event (0.24% of blood product administrations in 2011), they can be life-threatening and are often difficult to differentiate in the acute setting.1 Diagnosis of an adverse reaction will be made clinically based upon vital signs and physical exam.
text: Transfusing donated blood that is not compatible with a patient’s blood can cause a serious transfusion reaction that can be life threatening.
text: Because transfusion reactions can be severely life threatening, the initial management of all patients with a suspected transfusion reaction is to STOP the transfusion!
text: The two most common transfusion reactions, allergic/urticarial and febrile non-hemolytic reactions, are non-life threatening and the transfusion can be restarted after a period of observation and clinical stability.
text: They can even be life-threatening.