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Platelet transfusions


Platelet Transfusion - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

Platelet transfusion is a lifesaving procedure that prevents or stops bleeding in patients with low platelet counts or functional platelet ...

Platelets - Blood Transfusion - The Royal Children's Hospital

Apheresis platelets in Platelet Additive Solution (PAS). Dose of platelets obtained from a single donor and suspended in a mixture of PAS and 40% donor plasma.

Platelets for Transfusion | American Red Cross

The American Red Cross supplies nearly 1 million pathogen-reduced platelets annually providing hospitals with a safe and sustainable platelet supply.

Platelet transfusion: Indications, ordering, and associated risks

Outline · Dose · Infusion rate · Whole blood derived (WBD) versus apheresis platelets · Leukoreduction · Irradiation · CMV · ABO, Rh, and HLA ...

Platelet transfusions - Lifeblood

Platelets help with forming blood clots, and you may need a transfusion of them if you have a low platelet count.

Platelets dosing, indications, interactions, adverse effects, and more.

Platelet transfusions may be given for thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction to treat active platelet-related bleeding or as prophylaxis in those at serious ...

Platelet transfusion - Wikipedia

Platelet transfusion, also known as platelet concentrate, is used to prevent or treat bleeding in people with either a low platelet count or poor platelet ...

How I use platelet transfusions | Blood - ASH Publications

The cornerstones of management include timely and balanced administration of blood components with control of bleeding (either surgical or ...

Platelet Transfusion for Patients With Cancer - ASCO Publications

The threshold for prophylactic platelet transfusion has traditionally been ≤ 10 × 109/L for clinically stable patients undergoing autologous or allogeneic HSCT, ...

Platelet transfusion, alloimmunization and management of platelet ...

Platelet transfusions can be used to increase the number of functional platelets and therefore decrease the risk of bleeding problems.

Kinds of Blood Product Transfusions - American Cancer Society

When are platelet transfusions used? People with cancer might need platelet transfusions if their bone marrow is not making enough platelets.

Platelet Transfusion in Hematology, Oncology and Surgery - PMC

The standard recommendation to date has been that acute hypoproliferative thrombocytopenia should be treated with a prophylactic platelet transfusion if the ...

Platelet Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the AABB

The AABB recommends transfusing hospitalized adult patients with a platelet count of 10 × 10 9 cells/L or less to reduce the risk for spontaneous bleeding.

Perioperative Platelet Transfusions | Anesthesiology

This paper will discuss guidelines, physiologic evidence, and the results of randomized clinical trials as they affect perioperative platelet therapy.

Platelet transfusions in platelet consumptive disorders are ...

Platelet transfusions are associated with higher odds of arterial thrombosis and mortality among TTP and HIT patients.

Platelet Transfusion and Death or Neurodevelopmental Impairment ...

The findings of this study suggest that infants born extremely preterm who receive platelet transfusions may have a higher risk of death or neurodevelopmental ...

Thrombocyte Transfusion - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Platelet transfusions are rarely indicated in patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenias such as ITP. Platelet transfusions are used only when these patients ...

Ethical Questions about Platelet Transfusions at the End of Life

There is very little literature addressing practical or ethical considerations that arise in cases of bleeding due to thrombocytopenia in nontrauma patients ...

Use of Platelet Transfusions - British Society for Haematology

Consider platelet transfusion to prevent bleeding in severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <10 × 109/L) caused by abciximab.

Guidelines for the use of platelet transfusions - Wiley Online Library

Prophylactic transfusion of platelets to patients with thrombocytopenia because of reversible bone marrow failure where recovery is anticipated