| Blood product transfusion: Side effects to watch for after going home | 39.0000000000000 | Blood product transfusion: Side effects to watch for after going home | Blood product transfusion: Side effects to watch for after going home | B | English | Haematology | Child (0-12 years);Teen (13-18 years) | NA | Cardiovascular system | Non-drug treatment | Caregivers
Adult (19+) | NA | | 2010-11-25T05:00:00Z | | | | | | 8.70000000000000 | 63.6000000000000 | 552.000000000000 | | Health (A-Z) - Procedure | Health A-Z | <p>Side effects after receiving a blood product are rare, but you should know what to look out for and who to contact if your child has any of these effects.<br></p> | <h2>Side effects of a blood product transfusion</h2>
<p>Most children will not have any side effects after a blood product transfusion. Other children may have very mild side effects. Side effects most often happen during the first 30 minutes after a transfusion, but sometimes side effects can happen up to two days after or even later.</p>
<p>If you or your child are not staying at the hospital for 60 minutes after the transfusion is complete, your child must be observed for reactions as outlined below. A parent or guardian must accompany all patients if they are not staying for the 60-minute period after the transfusion.</p>
| <p>The following should be filled in by your child's nurse or doctor.</p>
<p>Your child received the following blood product (circle):</p>
<h3>Blood components</h3>
<ul>
<li>red blood cells</li>
<li>platelets</li>
<li>plasma</li>
<li>cryoprecipitate</li>
</ul>
<h3>Plasma protein products</h3>
<ul>
<li>albumin</li>
<li><a href="/Article?contentid=157&language=English">intravenous immune globulin</a> (e.g. Gamunex, Gammagard, Privigen)</li>
<li>CMV immune globulin (Cytogam)</li>
<li>varicella zoster immune globulin</li>
<li>hepatitis B immune globulin</li>
<li>tetanus immune globulin</li>
<li>Rh immune globulin (WinRho)</li>
<li>clotting factor concentrates (Factor XIII, von Willebrand Factor, etc.)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Recombinant factors (made in the lab, not from human plasma)</h3>
<ul>
<li>factor VII</li>
<li>factor IX</li>
<li>factor VIIa</li>
</ul>
<h2>When and where your child received the blood product</h2>
<p>Date and time:</p>
<p>Location:</p>
| <h2>Key points</h2>
<ul>
<li>A parent or guardian must stay with your child if they are not staying for the 60 minutes after the transfusion.</li>
<li>It is rare, but sometimes children have serious side effects.</li>
<li>If your child has more than one of the serious side effects listed in this brochure, you should call your child's doctor right away or take them to your local Emergency Department. </li>
</ul> | | | | | | | | | | <h2>When to call the doctor right away or take your child to the Emergency Department</h2>
<p>It is very rare, but sometimes children have more serious side effects. If your child has <strong>more than one</strong> of the following symptoms <strong>at the same time</strong> after you have gone home, call your child's doctor right away or bring your child to your local Emergency Department: </p>
<ul>
<li>fever</li>
<li>serious headache</li>
<li>stiff neck</li>
<li>feeling sick to the stomach</li>
<li>throwing up</li>
<li>less alert</li>
<li>disturbed by bright light</li>
<li>yellow in the face</li>
</ul>
<h3>Call the nurse or doctor if your child has one of these side effects</h3>
<p>If your child has only one of the following side effects (but no more than one), call your child's nurse or doctor:</p>
<ul>
<li>headache</li>
<li>fast heart rate</li>
<li>dizziness or feeling light-headed</li>
<li>backache</li>
<li>flushing (redness) of the face</li>
<li>stomach pain</li>
<li>throwing up or upset stomach</li>
<li>diarrhea</li>
<li>muscle pain</li>
<li>chest tightness or out of breath</li>
<li>rash, hives, or itching</li>
<li>feeling cold (chills)</li>
<li>fever</li>
</ul>
<p>Also call the doctor or nurse if your child has any of the following problems:</p>
<ul>
<li>headache with tiredness and/or blurred vision</li>
<li>trouble urinating (peeing), and the urine (pee) is much darker than normal</li>
<li>bleeding more than you would expect from a cut or scrape</li>
<li>pain on the right side of the body under the lower ribs and feeling sick to the stomach</li>
</ul>
<h2>Who to call with non-urgent questions or concerns</h2>
<p>The following should be filled in by your child's nurse or doctor.</p>
<p>Call this number:</p>
<p>During these hours:</p>
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