PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Aloysious Aravinthan
AU  - Sayan Sen
AU  - Neil Marcus
TI  - Transfusion-related acute lung injury: a rare and life-threatening complication of a common procedure
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-1-87
DP  - 2009 Feb 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 87--89
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/87.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/87.full
SO  - Clin Med2009 Feb 01; 9
AB  - Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) has emerged as one of the leading causes of transfusion-related morbidity and mortality and is undoubtedly under diagnosed. It is a serious pulmonary syndrome that can lead to death if not recognised and treated promptly. The diagnosis of TRALI is based primarily upon clinical signs and symptoms and is, in part, a diagnosis of exclusion.