Platelets are small, disk-shaped cell fragments in the blood that are essential to stop bleeding and to initiate blood ...
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- For those who find themselves in need of blood and blood products, blood from a volunteer donor can, literally, be just what the doctor ordered. While the need for red ...
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 ...
Physicians can play an active role in mitigating seasonal shortages by educating eligible patients and encouraging ...
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 ...
A similar observation was made in our laboratory in a patient with a relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (male, age 6 years). The mutation screening of the complete mtDNA revealed 19 ...
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 ...
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 ...