Table 1.
Truly D-negative patients transfused with DEL RBCs
| Patient No. | Sex | Age (year) | Diagnosis | Rh phenotype | Immune history | Pre-transfusion Abs | Transfusion (Rh/Vol (ml)) |
Post-transfusion anti-D | Reaction | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | M | 52 | Fracture | ddccee | None | None | DEL/400 | None | None | ||
| 3 | F | 33 | DUB | ddccee | G2P1 with D+ child | Anti-D 1:8 | DEL/400 | 1:64 | Hb: 60→55 g/L | ||
| 7 | M | 45 | Colon cancer | ddCcee | Probably D+ transfusion | Anti-D 1:8 | DEL/400 | dd/400 | 1:64 | Hb: 55→57→60 g/L | |
| 8 | M | 42 | Hemolytic anemia | ddccEE | Apparent D− transfusion | Auto-Ab+ | dd/400 | DEL/400 | dd/200 | Auto-Ab+ | Hb: 38→40→40→46 g/L |
| 11 | F | 28 | Caesarean birth | ddccee | G3P1 with D+ child, probably D+ transfusion | Anti-D 1:512 | DEL/400 | 1:512 | Hb: 46→48 g/L | ||
| 15 | M | 68 | Gastric carcinoma | ddCcee | None | None | DEL/400 | DEL/400 | 1:2 | Hb: 57→62→68 g/L | |
| 17 | F | 31 | Trauma | ddccEE | G1P1 with D+ child | None | DEL/400 | None | None | ||
| 20 | M | 27 | MDS | ddCcee | None | None | DEL/400 | None | Rash | ||
| 25 | F | 12 | AML | ddCcee | None | None | DEL/200 | None | None | ||
DUB: dysfunctional uterine bleeding; MDS: myelodysplastic syndromes; AML: acute myeloid leukaemia; Vol: volume; Ab: antibody