Complications of Surgical and Medical Care
22 entries in the Complications of Surgical and Medical Care compendium.
Acute hemolytic transfusion reactionLife-threatening immune destruction of transfused red blood cells.Afferent loop syndromeObstruction of the duodenal or jejunal limb after gastric surgery.Cardiac allograft vasculopathyProgressive coronary artery disease after heart transplantation.Delayed hemolytic transfusion reactionA later-onset immune reaction to incompatible red blood cells.Eczema vaccinatumRare severe vaccinia dissemination in eczema patients or their contacts.Exercise-induced anaphylaxisA rare allergic reaction triggered by physical activity.Febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reactionMost common transfusion reaction, benign, caused by cytokine release.Graft-versus-host diseaseDonor immune cells attack recipient tissues after transplant.Low anterior resection syndromeBowel dysfunction after rectal resection surgery.Malignant hyperthermiaA life-threatening reaction to certain anesthetics in susceptible individuals.Perioperative mortalityDeath within 30 days of surgery, a key surgical risk measure.Prosthetic joint infectionInfection of a joint replacement, often involving biofilm formation.Butyrylcholinesterase deficiencyInherited enzyme deficiency causing prolonged paralysis from certain anesthetic drugs.Serum sicknessA type III hypersensitivity reaction to animal-derived antiserum.Surgical site infectionSSIs are infections at surgical wounds caused by bacterial contamination.Toxic leukoencephalopathyProgressive white matter damage from toxins, drugs, or chemotherapy.Transfusion hemosiderosisIron overload from repeated blood transfusions damages organs.Transfusion-associated circulatory overloadA transfusion reaction causing fluid overload within 12 hours.Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host diseaseRare transfusion complication with high mortality from donor lymphocyte engraftment.Transfusion-related acute lung injuryA serious transfusion complication causing acute lung injury and hypoxemia.Unplanned extubationUnplanned removal of a breathing tube, often requiring re-intubation.Wound dehiscenceA surgical wound rupturing along the incision line.
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