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Category: Volume 09 Issue 02 February 2021
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Title: Transfusion related acute lung injury and necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonate

Authors: Dr Subhasree Beura, Dr Meghmala Sadhukhan, Dr Baikuntha Narayan Mishra

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v9i2.10

Abstract

Transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI) and transfusion associated NEC (TANEC) are potentially life-threatening complications of blood component transfusion. These are relatively under diagnosed entity in neonates with scant literature. We report a case of TRALI and TANEC in a relatively stable preterm newborn developing acute respiratory distress and abdominal distension within few hours of blood product transfusion.

Keywords: preterm, transfusion, necrotizing enterocolitis, respiratory distress.

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Corresponding Author

Dr Subhasree Beura

Neonatal Fellow, Dept. of Pediatric, AMRI Hospital, BBSR