Post-transfusion hepatitis: fatal outcome in two cases with underlying alcoholic liver disease

Two patients with underlying alcoholic liver disease who were doing well before receiving multiple blood transfusions for gastrointestinal bleeding died after developing post-transfusion hepatitis (PTH). This hepatitis was associated with an uncharacteristic disparity between transaminase levels.

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Published inJournal of clinical gastroenterology Vol. 7; no. 5; p. 428
Main Authors Oyewole, M A, Peura, D A, Johnson, L F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1985
Subjects
Adult
Alanine Transaminase - blood
Aspartate Aminotransferases - blood
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - therapy
Hepatitis, Viral, Human - etiology
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic - complications
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic - complications
Male
Middle Aged
Transfusion Reaction
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Summary:Two patients with underlying alcoholic liver disease who were doing well before receiving multiple blood transfusions for gastrointestinal bleeding died after developing post-transfusion hepatitis (PTH). This hepatitis was associated with an uncharacteristic disparity between transaminase levels.
ISSN:0192-0790
DOI:10.1097/00004836-198510000-00012