Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe Researcher Provides New Study Findings on IgA Deficiency (Selective IgA Deficiency and Blood Component Transfusion: In Search of the Lost Evidence).

A new study conducted at Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe in Valencia, Spain, has found that selective IgA deficiency (IgA-D) is not a high-risk condition for developing allergic/anaphylactic reactions after blood transfusion. The researchers analyzed the prevalence of IgA-D in a population of patients with acute leukemia and collected transfusion data from IgA-D patients. They found that the occurrence of adverse reactions related to IgA-D was extremely low, supporting the standard transfusion management of IgA-D patients. This research provides evidence that challenges the previous belief that IgA-D is a high-risk entity for anaphylactic transfusion reactions. [Extracted from the article]