As our hairs go gray and our muscles weaken with age, our immune system also changes. In particular, the stem cells that ...

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 ...

Hospitals and blood centers are always trying to avoid shortages. Someone needs blood every two seconds, and less than 10% of ...

This was a prospective randomized control study of 43 platelet transfusions given to newborns. Transfusions were randomized to run over either 30 min or 2 h. Platelet counts taken 30 min and 6 h after ...

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 ...

The use of low-dose platelet transfusion in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation with platelet counts less than 10,000/mm 3 did not significantly affect bleeding compared with ...

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 ...

Refractoriness to infused platelets becomes a major clinical problem for many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Inadequate post-transfusion platelet count increments can be due to a number ...

Japanese researchers may be one step closer to improving treatments for bleeding disorders. A group of researchers from the University of Tokyo has devised a way to maximize the numbers and function ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A noninferiority trial conducted to compare low-dose and standard-dose strategies for platelet transfusion was ...

(HealthDay News) — Autologous platelet transfusion 24 or 48 hours after ticagrelor-mediated platelet inhibition has minimal effect, while a small reversing effect is seen for transfusion after ...

(HealthDay News) — Recommendations have been developed by the AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) for prophylactic platelet transfusion. The clinical practice guideline was ...