THE variability in the natural history of both acquired and idiopathic aplastic anemia makes it difficult to evaluate the success of any specific program of therapy. With careful attention to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 65-year-old man was admitted to our emergency department with hemiplegia and hemispatial neglect. He had been receiving ticagrelor at a dose of 90 mg twice daily and aspirin at a dose of 75 mg per ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To provide evidence-based guidance on the use of platelet transfusion in people with cancer. This guideline updates and replaces the previous ASCO platelet transfusion guideline published initially in ...