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MELIANS ABREU, Silvia María. Acute Lung Damage Associated with Transfusion during Pregnancy. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.3, pp.543-551. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: acute lung damage associated with transfusion is a little frequent adverse effect to transfusion; mortality has been estimated between 1-10%. Its diagnosis is clinical and infrequently suspected about. Its incidence is low even so. Case report: but two cases presented, hospitalized in the maternal-perinatal care room, with diseases associated to pregnancy, and they were administered blood components, both five hours after the transfusion, presented a clinical syndrome with moderate hypoxemia, and needed ventilation; with this findings and the temporal relation with transfusion, we diagnosed moderate acute transfusion-associated respiratory difficulty syndrome. Conclusions: The result was the best, with full resolution if the respiratory event. It is important to report both cases due to their onset in pregnant women, a less frequent cause informed about in the medical texts, and the importance of preserving the mother´s and the child´s health, and promote the notification of this adverse reaction to transfusion to the blood bank, in order to strengthen the hemosurveillance system.

Palabras clave : Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Lung diseases; Blood tranfusion.

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