crossmatch

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Introduction

A test for incompatibility between donor & recipient blood. It is performed prior to transfusion in order to prevent potentially lethal hemolytic transfusion reactions.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018