Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
"Blood Grouping and Crossmatching" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Testing erythrocytes to determine presence or absence of blood-group antigens, testing of serum to determine the presence or absence of antibodies to these antigens, and selecting biocompatible blood by crossmatching samples from the donor against samples from the recipient. Crossmatching is performed prior to transfusion.
| Descriptor ID |
D001788
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.625.120 E01.370.225.812.385.120 E05.200.625.120 E05.200.812.385.120 E05.478.594.385.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Blood Typing- Blood Typing
- Typing, Blood
- Blood Grouping
- Grouping, Blood
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Grouping and Crossmatching" by people in Profiles.
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Saxena S, Nelson JM, Osby M, Shah M, Kempf R, Shulman IA. Ensuring timely completion of type and screen testing and the verification of ABO/Rh status for elective surgical patients. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 Apr; 131(4):576-81.
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Adamkiewicz TV, Boyer MW, Bray R, Haight A, Yeager AM. Identification of unrelated cord blood units for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children with sickle cell disease. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Jan; 28(1):29-32.
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Osby M, Shulman IA. Phenotype matching of donor red blood cell units for nonalloimmunized sickle cell disease patients: a survey of 1182 North American laboratories. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Feb; 129(2):190-3.