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. 2015 Jun 29;2015(6):CD005341. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005341.pub3

7. Serious adverse events to donor or recipients.

Study Number of participants receiving granulocyte transfusions Number of granulocyte transfusions Donor events Recipient events
Clift 1978 29 prophylactic
16 therapeutic
360 1
1 ‐ haemodynamic compromise
0
Ford 1982 13 prophylactic 107 0 1
1 ‐ TA GvHD
Gomez‐Villagran 1984 19 prophylactic 254 Not reported 7
1 ‐ haemolysis
6 ‐ dyspnoea & cyanosis
Sutton 1982 29 prophylactic
2 therapeutic
Not reported Not reported 3
3 ‐ dyspnoea and wheeze

TA GvHD = Transfusion‐associated Graft versus Host Disease