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Prescribing fluids and blood products
A practice question in the style of the AMC Part 1 MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
Two hours into a platelet transfusion, a patient develops sudden hypoxia, bilateral infiltrates and low blood pressure without signs of fluid overload. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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The answer is A: TRALI.
TRALI causes acute hypoxia and infiltrates within 6 hours, with hypotension rather than hypertension.
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