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[Comparison of Laboratory Indexes and Therapeutic Efficacy between Two Kinds of Different RBC Transfusion in AIHA
Jing-Jing Gao1, Xiong-Peng Zhu2, Ming-Quan Wang1
1Department of Blood Transfusion, Quanzhou Municipal First Hospital, Quanzhou 362000, Fujian Province, China.
Objective:
To investigate the effect of 2 kinds of red blood cells (RBC) on the laboratorial indexes and therapeutic efficacy of patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA).
Methods:
The clinical data of 120 patients with AIHA from June 2015 to June 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. These 120 patients were divided into A goup and B group. The patients in A group (60 cases) were infused with washed RBC, while the patients in B group (60 cases) were infused with WBC-deplated RBC. The changes of laboratotial indexes, clinical symptoms and incidence of adverse reactions in 2 groups before treatment and at 24 hourse after treatment as well as the therapeutic efficacy and improvement status of clinical symptoms were compared.
Results:
The RBC count and Hb level in 2 groups after treating for 1 day were significantly higher than those before treatment (P<0.01), while the TBIL level and reticulocyte (Ret) count were significantly lower than those before treatment (P<0.01). However, the RBC, Hb, TBIL levels and Ret count in 2 groups before and after treatment showed no statistical difference (P>0.05); the improvement of clinical symptoms, complex therapeutic efficacy and incidence of adverse reactions in 2 groups after treatment also showed no significantly difference (P>0.05).
Conclusion:
Both washed and leukocyte-deplated RBC can alleviate the anemia in patients with AIHA in short-time, but the leucocyte-deplated RBC is more expensive, suggesting that the wased RBC is more practical for treatment of AIHA patients.
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