65.4% of hospitalized ITP inpatients did not have a bleeding episode or surgical procedure associated with their platelet transfusion. Platelet transfusions were not associated with improved clinical ...
A new guideline for administering platelet transfusions to adult patients emphasizes judicious use of the procedure to reduce patient risk and conserve resources, according to an article published ...
OBJECTIVE: To determine the most effective, evidence-based approach to the use of platelet transfusions in patients with cancer. OUTCOMES: Outcomes of interest included prevention of morbidity and ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA — More patients with hematologic malignancies who followed a no-prophylaxis platelet transfusion policy ...
Platelet transfusion in neonates and children varies widely, with donor and processing factors linked to lower platelet increments and higher transfusion burden but not to mortality or length of stay.
A randomized trial compared prophylactic platelet transfusion with transfusion given when bleeding occurred. Decreased platelet usage was noted in the therapeutic transfusion group with a very low ...
Platelet transfusion thresholds in according bleeding risk and the presence of bleeding. WHO = World Health Organization. “In practice, we see all too often [that] prophylactic transfusion of ...
BARCELONA — Giving platelet transfusions to patients presenting with an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) who are taking antiplatelets agents is associated with worse outcomes, according to results of a ...
This was a prospective randomized control study of 43 platelet transfusions given to newborns. Transfusions were randomized to run over either 30 min or 2 h. Platelet counts taken 30 min and 6 h after ...
Febrile responses to platelet transfusions are common but some can be life-threatening and the cause of these reactions is largely unknown. In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from ...
(HealthDay News) — Autologous platelet transfusion 24 or 48 hours after ticagrelor-mediated platelet inhibition has minimal effect, while a small reversing effect is seen for transfusion after ...
Four people in three states developed sepsis after receiving bacteria-contaminated platelet transfusions between May and October last year, according to a US government report released Thursday. One ...