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 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 ...
Effect of Splenectomy on the Response to Platelet Transfusion in Three Patients with Aplastic Anemia
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 ...
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 ...
Treatment of hairy-cell leukemia with cladribine: response, toxicity, and long-term follow-up. Seventy-eight patients undergoing induction therapy for acute leukemia were randomized to receive ...
A 14-year-old male presented in 1991 with aplastic anemia associated with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. The patient was maintained on transfusion support until July 1998, when he received an ...
A preliminary study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests a possible explanation for the biological process responsible for inducing fever and related symptoms after the transfusion of ...
Hannah, from Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, needed countless red blood cell and platelet transfusions to keep her strong ...
Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough ...
Mark Cipolle, MD, Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System’s medical director of trauma and neurocritical care, has received a $130,000 research grant from the National Trauma Institute to ...
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