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 ...

Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) can damage bone marrow, lowering red blood cells and platelets. Transfusions replace missing cells to manage anemia or thrombocytopenia. Up to 9 in 10 people with MDS ...

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 ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 14, 2022) – Newborns in respiratory failure who require the life-sustaining support of ECMO also require transfusion of red blood cells. But a new study indicates that the higher ...

CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cerus Corporation (Nasdaq: CERS), a company solely dedicated to safeguarding the global blood supply, and the Transfusion Service of the Swiss Red Cross (Blutspende ...