Isolated Hypotensive: Further Reading

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1. Arnold DM, Molinaro G, Warkentin TE, DiTomasso J, Webert KE, Davis I, Lesiuk L, Dunn G, Heddle NM, Adam A, Blajchman MA. Hypotensive transfusion reactions can occur with blood products that are leukoreduced before storage. Transfusion. 2004 Sep; 44(9): 1361-6. [Medline]
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4. Hume HA, Adam A. In: Popovsky M, editor. Transfusion reactions, 2nd ed. Arlington, VA: AABB Press; 2001. p. 212-233.
5. Hume HA, Popovsky MA, Benson K, Glassman AB, Hines D, Oberman HA, et al. Hypotensive reactions: a previously uncharacterized complication of platelet transfusion? Transfusion. 1996 Oct. 36(10):904-9. [ Medline ]