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Platelet Transfusion Prophylaxis for Patients with Haematological Malignancies: Where to Now?

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Journal Br J Haematol
Specialty Hematology
Date 2005 Dec 15
PMID 16351634
Citations 14
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Abstract

National guidelines for platelet transfusion in many countries recommend that the general platelet transfusion trigger for prophylaxis is 10x10(9)/l. This annotation reviews the evidence for this threshold level and discusses other current unresolved issues relevant to platelet transfusion practice such as the optimal dose and the clinical benefit of a strategy for the prophylactic use of platelet transfusions when the platelet count falls below a given threshold.

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