Febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reaction
Description
- The commonest transfusion reaction
- Temperature rise >=1 C from baseline (to >=38 C) during or within 4 hours of transfusion, with rigors/chills, +/- mild dyspnoea or headache
- No haemolysis, no hypotension, no organ dysfunction
- *A diagnosis of exclusion* - benign in itself, but indistinguishable at onset from a septic or acute haemolytic reaction
- Every febrile reaction must be treated as potentially serious until those are excluded
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