| BTA | Blood Transfusion Association |
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| BTS | blood transfusion service; blue toe syndrome; bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome |
| BTx | blood transfusion |
| DSBT | donor-specific blood transfusion |
| DST | desensitization test; dexamethasone suppression test; dihydrostreptomycin; disproportionate septal t... |
| transfusion nephritis | Renal failure and tubular damage resulting from the transfusion of incompatible blood; the haemoglobin of the haemolyzed red cells is deposited as casts in the renal tubules. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| transfusion reaction | A reaction to a blood transfusion secondary to some incompatibility in type, RH factor or other surface antigens. May be manifest by haemolytic anaemia, heart failure, and-or renal failure. Symptoms include facial flushing, angioedema, headache, wheezing, anaphylaxis, shock, fever, chills and breathing difficulty. (27 Sep 1997) |
| erythrocyte transfusion | The transfer of erythrocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| twin-twin transfusion | Direct vascular anastomosis, arterial or venous, between the placental circulations of twins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exchange transfusion | Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exchange transfusion, whole blood | Repetitive withdrawal of small amounts of blood and replacement with donor blood until a large proportion of the blood volume has been exchanged. Used in treatment of foetal erythroblastosis, hepatic coma, sickle cell anaemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, septicaemia, burns, thrombotic thrombopenic purpura, and fulminant malaria. (12 Dec 1998) |
| exsanguination transfusion | Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fetofetal transfusion | <biology>Passage of blood from one foetus to another via an arteriovenous communication or other shunt, in a monozygotic twin pregnancy. It results in anaemia in one twin and polycythemia in the other. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fetomaternal transfusion | <biology> Transplacental passage of foetal blood into the circulation of the maternal organism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leukocyte transfusion | The transfer of leukocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lymphocyte transfusion | The transfer of lymphocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor. (12 Dec 1998) |