Journal of Medical Erudite
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 1

Cold Agglutinin: A Dilemma in Blood Transfusion Practice

  • Author:
  • A Saxena, P Arun
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 45 to 50

Department of Pathology, SGT Medical College, Budhera, Gurgaon, India

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Arun Saxena, E-mail: arunsaxena1956@gmail.com

Online published on 6 April, 2018.

Abstract

Cold agglutinins are always notorious during cold weather. In blood banking practice, It is not uncommon to encounter with the blood units showing false agglutination during winter season. The authors have more than twenty years of experience in blood banking. In the present article only recent cases have been illustrated as showing problem during crossmatching of blood units.

Keywords

Agglutination, crossmatching