Affiliations: [a] Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
| [b] Department of Pathology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA
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Address for correspondence: Cherry Uy, MD, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Dr S, Orange, CA 92868, USA. E-mail: ccuy@uci.edu.
Abstract: Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a life-threatening complication of blood product transfusion characterized by sudden onset hypoxemic respiratory failure with bilateral lung infiltrates and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema developing within 6 hours of transfusion. It is believed to be under-recognized, particularly among preterm neonates in whom co-existing developmental lung disease adds diagnostic complexity. Here we report the case of a preterm neonate who developed TRALI during a blood transfusion following PDA ligation.
