Febrile responses to platelet transfusions are common but some can be life-threatening and the cause of these reactions is largely unknown. In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from ...

A preliminary study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests a possible explanation for the biological process responsible for inducing fever and related symptoms after the transfusion of ...

To provide evidence-based guidance on the use of platelet transfusion in people with cancer. This guideline updates and replaces the previous ASCO platelet transfusion guideline published initially in ...

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 ...

Comprehensive insight on potential complications that can occur during transfusion therapy for myelodysplastic syndrome. Transcript: Bart Scott, MD, MS: Many patients wonder about what the ...

We hypothesized that the combined use of leukoreduction and avoidance of infusion of ABO-incompatible antibodies or antigens would reduce both the need for HLA-matched platelets and the development of ...