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Crossmatch

A laboratory test done to confirm that blood from a donor and blood from the recipient are compatible.

Mentioned in: Blood Typing and Crossmatching, Heart Transplantation

crossmatch

Serologic crossmatch Transfusion medicine An agglutination test that determines donor-recipient blood compatibility. See Electronic crossmatch, Immediate spin crossmatch, Major crossmatch, Minor crossmatch.

Crossmatch

Major crossmatch Patient serum–which may contain antibodies is cross-reacted against the donor's red cells and

Minor crossmatch Patient RBCs are incubated with donor serum, this is of less clinical significance; it reveals donor antibodies against uncommon antigens–eg C^w, -Wr^a, -Li^a

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anaphylactic antibody Antinuclear antibodies antisperm antibody audition rotation blocking antibody Blood Typing and Crossmatching complement-fixing antibody complete antibody crossmatch/transfusion ratio CT cytophilic antibody cytotropic antibody elective Electronic Residency Application Service heart transplantation incomplete antibody Match matching nephrectomy			If the donor unit has an unexpected red cell alloantibody--a rare occurrence, since blood suppliers screen all donor plasma for unexpected alloantibodies--the results of a minor crossmatch between donor plasma and patient pretransfusion red cells are recorded. A phased approach to transfusion reaction investigation by Berte, Lucia / Medical Laboratory Observer They resulted in a reduction or elimination of a number of practices, or at least moves to make the practices optional: the minor crossmatch, the enzyme crossmatch, the room-temperature incubation, the mandatory use of broad-spectrum Coombs serum-as opposed to monospecific anti-IgG-and eventually the Coombs crossmatch and the immediate-spin crossmatch. Is the routine crossmatch obsolete? by Soloway, Henry B.; McCauslin, Marlene; Belliveau, Robert R. / Medical Laboratory Observer			Minipress miniprotein ministroke Ministry of Indian Affairs minisuction Minivent ventilator mink Minneapolis plan Minnesota disease reporting system Minnesota Multiphasic Personality inventory Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory test Minnesota Starvation Experiment Minnesota tube minnie-minnie Minocin minocycline minocycline HCl minocycline hydrochloride minor minor agglutinin minor arterial circle of iris minor arterial circle of the iris minor cancer minor connector Minor crossmatch minor depression minor duodenal papilla minor epilepsy minor hysteria minor renal calyx minor salivary gland minor sublingual ducts minor surgery Minorca Minority Health minority institution Minot Minotaur Syndrome minoxidil minpin Mint MINT CANDY Mint Leaf Mintchew's operation Mintezol MINTS mintweed minus cyclophoria minute minute ventilation			Minor Body Priority List Minor Bracket Minor Brackets Minor broke into house, allegations of selling marijuana Minor calyx Minor calyx Minor calyx minor cancer minor canon minor canons minor change minor charged with alcohol use Minor civil division Minor Cognitive Motor Disorder Minor Collector minor connector minor connector minor connector minor connector minor connector Minor Construction & Alteration Board Minor Construction Review Board minor control minor control change minor control data Minor Counties Cricket Association Minor criteria Minor criteria Minor criteria Minor Crop Farmer Alliance Minor crossmatch Minor Cycle Minor Cycle Minor Defect Minor Defect Minor Degrees of Glucose Intolerance minor depression minor depressive disorder minor depressive disorder minor depressive disorder minor depressive disorder Minor diagonal Minor diagonal minor diameter minor diatonic scale minor diatonic scale Minor Discworld concepts minor duodenal papilla Minor Element Ratio minor epilepsy minor expense minor fast day Minor Fixed Assets minor fog signal Minor Frame Minor Frame Timer Minor Groove Binder Minor Groove Binding Track Minor Hill Public Library Minor Histocompatibility Complex Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario

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