Post-Transfusion Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis after Cardiac Surgery
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Vox Sanguinis
- Vol. 51 (3), 236-238
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1423-0410.1986.tb01961.x
Abstract
We prospectively studied the incidence of post-transfusion non-A, non-B hepatitis in 64 cardiac surgery patients: 4 (6.25%) developed non-A, non-B hepatitis after an incubation period of 4–10 weeks. Units of blood products from donors seropositive for antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) were not associated with a greater risk of non-A, non-B hepatitis in recipients than units from seronegative donors. Our data indicate that donor blood anti-HBc testing is of no value as a screening method to reduce the incidence of post-transfusion non-A, non-B hepatitis.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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