Platelet transfusion practice

Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 12-18

  Hocker P ^a,b  

^a AKH Wien   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Platelet transfusion; Transfusion complications; Transfusion strategy; Transfusion trigger

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006539393     PISSN: 14245485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Consensus conference. Platelet transfusion therapy. JAMA 1987;257:1777-1780.
2. Lee JE: Indications for platelet transfusion therapy; in Kurz SR, Brubacker DB (eds): Clinical Decisions in Platelet Therapy. Bethesda, AABB, 1992.
3. Gaydos LA, Freireich EJ, Mantel N: The quantitative relation between platelet count and hemorrhage in patients with acute leukemia. N Engl J Med 1962; 266:905-909.
4. Gmür J, Burger J, Schanz U, Fehr J, Schaffner A: Safety of stringent prophylactic platelet transfusion policy for patients with acute leukemia. Lancet 1991; 338:1223-1226.
5. Dutcher JP, Schiffer CA, Aisner J, O'Conell BA, Levy C, Kendall JA, Wiernik PH: Incidence of thrombocytopenia and serious hemorrhage among patients with solid tumors. Cancer 1984;53:557-562.
6. Raymon L: Determining the dose of platelets for transfusion; in Kurz SR, Brubacker DB (eds): Clinical Decisions in Platelet Therapy. Bethesda, AABB, 1992.
7. Simon TL: Platelet uses, abuses and indications; in Kolins J, McCarthy LA (eds): Contemporary Transfusion Practice. Arlington, AABB, 1987.
8. Sniecinski I, O'Donnell MR, Nowicki B, Hill LR: Prevention of refractoriness and HLA alloimmunization using filtered blood products. Blood 1988;71: 1402-1407.
9. Buck SA, Kickler TS, McGuire M, Braine HG, Ness PM: The utility of platelet washing using an automated procedure for severe platelet allergic reactions. Transfusion 1987;27:391-393.
10. Bishop JF, McGrath K, Wolf MM, Holdsworth R, Voen K, Veale N, Whiteside MG, Cooper IA: Clinical factors influencing the efficacy of pooled platelet transfusions. Blood 1988;71:383-387.
11. Kickler TS: The platelet transfusion refractory state: Transfusion practices and clinical management; in Kurtz-SR, Brubacker DB (eds): Clinical Decisions in Platelet Therapy. Bethesda, AABB, 1992.