A group of 12 thrombocytopenic patients, ranging in age from two to fourteen years, were studied. The thrombocytopenia was due to diverse conditions (Table 1). The platelet count ranged from 3000 to ...

February 18, 2010 — Low doses of platelets given prophylactically led to a decreased number of platelets transfused per patient but an increased number of transfusions given, according to the results ...

A newborn infant with isoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura due to incompatibility of the P1 A1 platelet antigen system was treated with transfusion of incompatible platelets and by exchange transfusion, ...

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 ...

LAKE ZURICH, Ill. & WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A $30 test that takes fewer than 30 minutes to perform can prevent potentially deadly transfusions of bacterial contamination in platelets, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved avatrombopag (Doptelet, AkaRx Inc) to increase platelet counts in adults with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease who are to undergo a ...

(HealthDay News) — Recommendations have been developed by the AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) for prophylactic platelet transfusion. The clinical practice guideline was ...

Turbulence is a critical physical factor that promotes the large-scale production of functional platelets from human induced pluripotent stem cells, researchers reportl. Exposure to turbulent energy ...

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 ...

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