Blood Transfusion
Written by Rhiana Devadasan
40) Blood transfusion - history, ABO and Rhesus system (Rh). Blood groups.
41) Blood transfusion - indications & contraindications. Mistakes & complications.
42) Blood transfusion - indications and contraindications for blood transfusion. Blood products.
Blood transfusion = the transfer of blood or blood components (e.g. plasma, RBCs, platelets) from one individual (called the donor) to another (called the recipient) intravenously.
HISTORY
- 1665 – Richard Lower – first successful animal-animal blood transfusion (one dog to another).
- 1667 – Denis and Emmerez – transfused blood of a lamb into a human (animal to human). The woman underwent a hemolytic transfusion reaction (indicated by black urine) but survived.
- 1828 – first successful transfusion.
- 1900 – Landsteiner described ABO – he found that serum from some individuals could agglutinate / haemolyse the RBCs of certain other individuals.
- 1902 – Sturli & DeCastello – described the fourth blood group, the AB group.
- 1916 – first use of blood storage.
- 1939 – Levine described the Rh factor.
- 1940 – Landsteiner & Wiener – described Rh blood type, which lead to a dramatic decrease in the incidence of haemolytic disease of the new-born.