Physical/chemical causes. These causes of hemolysis are most often secondary to improper handling of blood products. Reasons include inadvertent heating or freezing with subsequent thawing of the red ...

Hemolysis is the destruction of red blood cells (RBCs). Typically, RBCs can live for up to 120 days before the body naturally destroys them. However, certain conditions and medications may cause them ...

Acute immune intravascular hemolysis can also represent a delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction. This is a consideration in this case, because the patient received 2 units of red cells 2 weeks before ...