A. Johnny Atkinson, a 19-year-old dengue patient at Cagayan United Doctors’ Medical Center, complains that he had difficulty breathing after being transfused with one platelet concentrate unit. He also requested his mother to buy him some pain reliever for he is experiencing pain in his arm and back. His doctor immediately asks Marisol Panganiban, the medical technologist on duty, to collect blood samples from Johnny and perform necessary laboratory methods. Please answer all subparts, aligned with our honor code: a. What is the transfusion effect seen in the situation? Explain your answer by correlating with the laboratory result given. b. What are the alternatives to be made to prevent such cases? c. What is the major contributing factor seen in the transfusion reaction? One would be mistaken in diagnosing the patient because the signs and symptoms have similarities to what transfusion reaction?
A. Johnny Atkinson, a 19-year-old dengue patient at Cagayan United Doctors’ Medical Center, complains that he had difficulty breathing after being transfused with one platelet concentrate unit. He also requested his mother to buy him some pain reliever for he is experiencing pain in his arm and back. His doctor immediately asks Marisol Panganiban, the medical technologist on duty, to collect blood samples from Johnny and perform necessary laboratory methods.
Please answer all subparts, aligned with our honor code:
a. What is the transfusion effect seen in the situation? Explain your answer by correlating with the laboratory result given.
b. What are the alternatives to be made to prevent such cases?
c. What is the major contributing factor seen in the transfusion reaction? One would be mistaken in diagnosing the patient because the signs and symptoms have similarities to what transfusion reaction?
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