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Record number:
1509
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Estimated frequency:
Incidence based on observation or donor reports: 0.32 - 1.05%; incidence based on interview: 1.7%.
Time to detection:
Hematoma develops during or few minutes after blood collection completion.
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
More common in woman (1.33%) than in men (0.78%) (p<.0001) and in first-time donors (1.44%) than repeat donors (0.96%) (p<.0001).
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
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hematoma
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Newman, B.H., Pichette, S., Pichette, D. and Dzaka, E. (2003). Adverse effects in blood donors after whole-blood donation: a study of 1000 blood donors interviewed 3 weeks after whole-blood donation. Transfusion 43(5): 598-603;
Eder, A.F, Dy, B.A., Kennedy, J.M., Notari,IV, E.P., Strupp, A., Wissel, M.E., Reddy, R., Gibble, J., Haimowitz, M.D., Newman, B.H. Chambers, L.A. Hillyer, C.D. and Benjamin, R.J. (2008). The American Red Cross donor hemovigilance program: complications of blood donation reported in 2006. Transfusion 48(9): 1809-19.
Expert comments for publication:
The paper describes arm complications related to whole blood donation evaluated from the American Red Cross donor complication database, clinical studies and review of the literature.