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TRALI Syndrome Complicated by Retroperitoneal Bleeding.

Int J Angiol

September 2011

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital Systems, New York.

Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is an underdiagnosed and underreported syndrome which by itself is the third leading cause of transfusion-related mortality. The incidence of TRALI is reported to be 1 in 2000 to 5000 transfusions. When combined with uncontrollable bleeding, survival is unachievable.

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