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Blood transfusions and the Rh factor.

When Rh-negative persons are given transfusions of Rh-positive blood, more than 50 per cent are sensitized to the Rh(0) factor. Such sensitization of female children may be the cause of hemolytic disease in their offspring many years later, while severe hemolytic reactions may follow a second transfusion of Rh-positive blood in either sex. The gross hemolysis of transfused blood may be entirely asymptomatic, however. In one case a pint of blood was completely hemolyzed within two hours without producing symptoms. The only signs were hemoglobinuria, low grade jaundice, urobilinogenuria and a rising Rh antibody titer. The patient had previously been sensitized by a single pint of Rh-positive blood. The dangers of Rh sensitization can be avoided by routine Rh typing of all prospective recipients of transfusion, whether male or female, and by giving only Rh-negative blood to those who are Rh-negative.

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