Blood Component Transfusion
Findings from R.D Christensen and Co-Authors Provide New Insights into Blood Component Transfusion
Published in Blood Weekly, December 8th, 2011
2011 DEC 8 -- Current study results from the report, "Platelet transfusion in the neonatal intensive care unit: benefits, risks, alternatives," have been published. "Platelet transfusions were introduced into clinical medicine about 60 years ago when they were shown to reduce the mortality rate of patients with leukemia who were bleeding secondary to hyporegenerative thrombocytopenia. In modern neonatology units, platelet transfusions are integral and indeed lifesaving for some neonates," investigators in Ogden, Utah report.
"However, the great majority of platelet transfusions currently administered in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are not given in...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-12-08)
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