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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 6;13(4):e230426.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230426.

TACO and TRALI: visualising transfusion lung injury on plain film

Caroline E Murphy  1 , Colin M Kenny  1 , Kevin F Brown  1
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Case Reports

TACO and TRALI: visualising transfusion lung injury on plain film

Caroline E Murphy et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: adult intensive care; intensive care; respiratory system.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Portable anteroposterior (AP) chest X-ray prior to transfusion. Diffuse bilateral airspace opacities.
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Figure 2
Portable AP chest X-ray post-transfusion. Complete bilateral airspace opacities.
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