Red blood cell sedimentation of Apheresis Granulocytes.
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Lodermeier MA; Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.; Byrne KM; Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.; Flegel WA; Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
- Source
- Publisher: American Association Of Blood Banks Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0417360 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1537-2995 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00411132 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Transfusion Subsets: MEDLINE
- Subject
- Language
- English
Sedimentation of Apheresis Granulocyte components removes red blood cells. It is used to increase the blood donor pool when blood group-compatible donors cannot be recruited for a patient because of a major ABO incompatibility or incompatible red blood cell antibodies in the recipient. Because granulocytes have little ABO and few other red blood cell antigens on their membrane, such incompatibility lies mostly with the contaminating red blood cells. Video Clip S1 shows the process of red blood cell sedimentation of an Apheresis Granulocyte component. This video was filmed with a single smart phone attached to a commercial tripod and was edited on a tablet computer with free software by an amateur videographer without prior video experience.
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