Transfusion Medicine — MCQs

During surgery, a transfusion reaction is manifested as:

Case of trauma in a patient with an unknown blood group. Patient is unstable and requires urgent blood transfusion. Which type of blood should be transfused?

A 62-year-old male patient with heart failure is scheduled for a heart transplant. His renal function test is deranged, and haemoglobin is $6 \mathrm{gm} \%$. The physician ordered 2 units of whole blood. Four hours after transfusion, he developed severe respiratory distress. On examination, he is hypoxemic, has tachycardia and his mean arterial pressure is elevated. Which of the following are the best investigations for the above scenario? 1. Chest X-ray 2. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) level 3. Absolute neutrophil count 4. Leucocyte antibodies 5. Platelets

A blood grouping test shows clumping with Anti-A serum, clumping with Anti-B serum, and no clumping in the control. What blood group does this indicate?

Best blood product to be given in a patient of multiple clotting factor deficiency with active bleeding:

Which of the following is the best treatment for refractory ITP?

The following is not true of platelet transfusion -

Which of the following is false regarding transfusion-associated anaphylactic reactions?

A 40-year-old patient with cirrhosis is found to have low ferritin. What is the most appropriate next step in management?

With regard to management of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, consider the following statements : I. All patients with ITP with platelet count less than 100 x 10^9 / L should receive high dose of glucocorticoids II. For patient with spontaneous bleeding, 40 mg of dexamethasone daily is indicated for 4 days III. Intravenous immunoglobulin can raise the platelet count IV. Life threatening bleeding should be treated with platelet transfusion Which of the statements given above are correct?