Iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula in patient with sickle cell disease undergoing red blood cell exchange

Transfusion. 2021 May;61(5):1361-1362. doi: 10.1111/trf.16363. Epub 2021 Mar 17.

Authors

Juliana Guarente¹, Michele Palladino¹, Shraddha Babariya², Chelsea Hayes³, Brian Blumhof⁴, Alexis R Peedin¹, Julie Katz Karp¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Biomedical Services, American Red Cross, Penn-Jersey Region, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 33733455
DOI: 10.1111/trf.16363

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications
Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy*
Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology*
Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy
Blood Component Removal* / adverse effects
Erythrocyte Transfusion* / adverse effects
Female
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease / epidemiology