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This boy is receiving a transfusion for sickle cell anemia. Cancer patients may receive blood transfusions to treat anemia, or to receive clotting factors or platelets (in certain types of leukemia, for example). (Custom Medical Stock Photo. Reproduced by permission.)

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Definition Purpose Precautions Description Preparation Aftercare Risks PERIODICALS ABO blood groups Antibody Antigen Immunoglobulin Infusion Injection Rh (rhesus) factor QUESTIONS TO ASK THE DOCTOR

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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

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Aase Syndrome

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia

Anemia

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Christmas Disease

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Drug Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Hemorrhagic Shock

Idiopathic Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Intracranial Hemorrhages

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