Platelet transfusion in neonates and children varies widely, with donor and processing factors linked to lower platelet increments and higher transfusion burden but not to mortality or length of stay.

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 ...

Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...

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 ...

An emergency blood transfusion saved Clarksville resident Karissa Perry's life after childbirth complications. Donated blood was critical.

Between May and October 2018, four cases of sepsis followed patients' platelet transfusion — one resulting in death — and are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

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 ...

ASCO convened an Expert Panel and conducted a systematic review of the medical literature published from September 1, 2014, through October 26, 2016. This review builds on two 2015 systematic reviews ...