Transfusion and apheresis. Medical search. Frequent questions

Health-care providers should be aware of the new standard and the need for bacterial testing of platelets to improve transfusion safety. (cdc.gov)
Patient B. In December 2004, a man aged 79 years in Utah received a transfusion of pheresis platelets for thromobocytopenia after coronary artery bypass surgery. (cdc.gov)
Before transfusion, platelets from the unit bag were tested for bacterial contamination with liquid culture media (BacT/Alert ® , BioMerieux Inc., Durham, North Carolina) by using 4 mL in a standard aerobic blood culture bottle and were found to be negative after 5 days' incubation. (cdc.gov)
A total of 143 (36%) respondents reported they were aware that bacterial contamination of platelets is one of the most common infectious risks of transfusion therapy. (cdc.gov)
Automated blood drawing, or apheresis, is a special type of donation that allows a person to selectively donate a portion of the blood components, such as red blood cells, platelets, or plasma. (comunidad.madrid)
The most frequent donation by apheresis is that of platelets. (comunidad.madrid)
platelets by apheresis. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
No. Women with a history of pregnancy will no longer be able to donate platelets by apheresis. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Women with no history of pregnancy can continue to donate platelets by apheresis. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Can female HLA-compatible and HPA-typed platelet donors with a history of pregnancy still give platelets by apheresis? (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Female HLA-compatible and HPA-typed platelet donors may be asked to give platelets by apheresis. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Platelets from whole blood donations from women without a history of pregnancy and from men are used for transfusions. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Apheresis is a method whereby healthy donors' blood is separated into its various components (RBCs, WBCs, platelets, and plasma) and then returned to the donor. (spasifikmag.com)
Machine apheresis can be used to separate RBCs from plasma and platelets, with the latter being returned to the donor along with the former. (spasifikmag.com)
Platelet apheresis enables the administration of as many platelets as may be collected from four to six whole blood donors. (spasifikmag.com)
The maximum time between double apheresis red cell donations and platelet donations is 16 weeks, but donors can provide platelets as often as once every seven days. (spasifikmag.com)
Apheresis platelets provide a far larger increase in platelets in the recipient's body than would be the case with six blood transfusions. (spasifikmag.com)
Platelets can be made from whole blood donations, but it takes 4 to 8 pints of whole blood to yield one platelet transfusion. (northshore.org)
Instead, at NorthShore University HealthSystem we try to use only 'Single-Donor-Platelets', which are made by a process called 'apheresis' (A-fur-E-sis). (northshore.org)
The machine then returns the plasma and red blood cells to the donor, only retaining the platelets for transfusion. (northshore.org)
Typical dosing for an adult is a pool of 6 whole blood derived (sometimes referred to as random donor) platelets or one apheresis platelet. (medscape.com)
Patients with autoimmune destruction of platelets, such as ITP, may not receive therapeutic benefit from prophylactic transfusion, but may however benefit from transfusion if bleeding. (medscape.com)
1 recently published in Haematologica, evaluating the structural and functional consequences induced by Amotosalen/UVA treatment using the Intercept Blood System (IBS) on platelets from apheresis platelet concentrates (PCs) during storage. (haematologica.org)
From 2019 to 2021, the median price hospitals paid per unit of leukoreduced red blood cells, leukoreduced and pathogen-reduced apheresis platelets, and fresh frozen plasma increased. (cdc.gov)
The largest increase in price per unit of blood component in 2021 was for leukoreduced apheresis platelets, which increased by ~$51. (cdc.gov)

We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.DescriptionChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta (Children's) and Emory University School of Medicine, located in Atlanta, Georgia, has an opening for a Transfusion Medicine and Apheresis physician for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, beginning July, 2022. (uscap.org)

The product is collected by automated apheresis and is used for systemic infections in patients with neutropenia. (wikipedia.org)
To reduce morbidity and mortality as a result of uncontrolled hemorrhage, patients needing a massive transfusion, specifically addressed in detail later in this chapter, must be quickly identified so that immediate interventions can prevent the development of the lethal triad of coagulopathy, hypothermia, and acidosis. (medscape.com)
Patients should also be treated (eg, with acetaminophen ) before future transfusions. (merckmanuals.com)
The blood derivatives resulting from apheresis are intended for patients with cancer, leukemia, aplastic anemia, organ transplants and, frequently, for patients receiving treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy. (comunidad.madrid)
As for platelet donations by apheresis, used for specific patients and especially cancer patients, 1.334 have been made. (comunidad.madrid)
This complication occurs in certain patients as a result of the transfusion of blood components containing antibodies, which can cause TRALI. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
In such cases, the plasma will be used for transfusions in patients who need it. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
3 Today, serologic and molecular techniques, along with laboratory information systems and electronic health records, contribute to precise blood product management and personalized transfusion therapies, particularly benefiting complex patients with sickle cell disease, thalassemia, and other diseases requiring chronic transfusion support. (cap.org)
La contamination non intentionnelle des patients hémophiles par le VIH au début des années 1980 a soulevé de graves questions relatives à la sécurité des approvisionnements en produits sanguins dans le monde. (who.int)
Les événements ont déclenché des conséquences en chaîne, à la fois pour les patients infectés et pour le système de santé national de nombreux pays, notamment la République islamique d'Iran. (who.int)
à la fin des années 1990, la justice a condamné le Ministère de la santé iranien à verser des indemnités aux patients hémophiles, en plus de la fourniture de soins gratuits incluant les traitements les plus récents. (who.int)
Despite a long history of attempts to treat patients using human or animal blood products, modern transfusion medicine only started in the second half of the last century. (who.int)
Between 1825 and 1830, he performs 10 transfusions, five of which prove beneficial to his patients, and publishes these results. (aabb.org)
1907 Hektoen suggests that the safety of transfusion might be improved by crossmatching blood between donors and patients to exclude incompatible mixtures. (aabb.org)
Adding another important discovery to the growing body of knowledge of transfusion medicine, Lee demonstrates that it is safe to give group O blood to patients of any blood group, and that blood from all groups can be given to group AB patients. (aabb.org)
More than a thousand patients a year are cared for by the medical staff at Yale Medicine's Transfusion Medicine Service. (spasifikmag.com)
Donating blood via apheresis helps patients keep their immune systems healthy. (spasifikmag.com)
Most patients will have an apheresis exchange transfusion every four to eight weeks and, on average, will need around 100 red cell units every year. (birminghammail.co.uk)
Platelet transfusions are used to support patients having chemotherapy for leukemia or cancer, and for aplastic anemia and bone marrow transplant patients. (northshore.org)
This study sought to explore the prevalence and factors contributing to hypersplenism in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. (jptcp.com)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, through the NBAH Blood Center, provides therapeutic apheresis to inpatients, and patients admitted for one day stay. (rwjbh.org)
Early packed red blood cell transfusion in major trauma patients: Evaluation and comparison of different prediction scores for massive transfusion. (isbtweb.org)
Typical indications include leukemia, myelodysplasia, aplastic anemia, solid tumors, congenital or acquired/medication-induced platelet dysfunction, central nervous system trauma, and patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or cardiopulmonary bypass may also need platelet transfusion. (medscape.com)
Higher transfusion thresholds may be appropriate for patients with platelet dysfunction. (medscape.com)
The Department of Transfusion Medicine (DTM) continually strives to maintain high quality standards in provision of safe blood in adequate quantities to meet the needs of patients admitted at ACTREC. (iacr.in)
The department has successfully met the demands for transfusion support for patients in BMT unit, Hematolymphoid unit, solid tumour unit, pediatric oncology unit as well as surgical oncology unit in ACTREC. (iacr.in)
We provide different types of red blood cell transfusions for patients with iron overload, sickle cell disease, thalassemia or other conditions that require frequent whole-blood transfusions. (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)
Patients should be closely monitored during transfusion. (medscape.com)

Severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria: Utility of Exchange Transfusion - Bay Area Mobile Apheresis Program (BAMAP) San Francisco, California Background Infections due to malaria estimated 1.0-2.5 million deaths/yr. (powershow.com)

The 2023 Stanford Annual Apheresis Conference is a virtual, interdisciplinary conference hosted by Stanford Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology on the foundations of apheresis scheduled for July 24-25, 1:00-5:30 pm PST, 2023. (stanford.edu)

Allergic reactions The most common complications of transfusion are Febrile nonhemolytic reactions Chill-rigor reactions The most serious complications, which have very high mortality rates, are Acute hemolytic. (merckmanuals.com)
Because fever and chills also herald a severe hemolytic transfusion reaction, all febrile reactions must be investigated as for acute hemolytic transfusion reaction, as with any transfusion reaction. (merckmanuals.com)
10 The presence of ABO antigens on RBC surfaces requires that careful blood-typing must be carried out prior to transfusion to avoid adverse and sometimes fatal hemolytic transfusion reactions. (cap.org)
Fevers, chills, and allergic reactions are not uncommon with granulocyte transfusions. (medscape.com)
If severe reactions such as marked dyspnea or hypotension occur the transfusion should be discontinued, the patient assessed and stabilized, the blood bank notified, and transfusion reaction investigation initiated. (medscape.com)

Currently there are thousands of people who, in order to continue living or improve their quality of life, need a blood transfusion (in its different components) or a transplant of hematopoietic progenitors from bone marrow or umbilical cord blood. (comunidad.madrid)

In addition, as it comes from a single donor, a higher quality and transfusion safety is guaranteed. (comunidad.madrid)
On September 18, the Transfusion Center held an act of gratitude to the donors on the occasion of the World Bone Marrow Donor Day and Umbilical Cord Blood. (comunidad.madrid)
Apheresis separates the blood into various components while the donor is still linked to the separation equipment. (spasifikmag.com)
What is donor apheresis? (spasifikmag.com)
Whole blood donation is more time-consuming than donor apheresis, but it has fewer risks to the donor and more benefits for the recipient. (spasifikmag.com)
A second apheresis or a bone marrow collection was considered, but neither was performed because the clinical condition of the donor worsened. (cdc.gov)

The earliest known blood transfusions occurred in 1665, and the first human blood transfusion was performed by Dr. Philip Syng Physick in 1795. (medscape.com)
1795 In Philadelphia, American physician Philip Syng Physick, performs the first human blood transfusion, although he does not publish this information. (aabb.org)

apheresis/pheresis). (wikipedia.org)
The transfusion medicine physician gives the orders required for the therapeutic pheresis procedure. (rwjbh.org)

It only takes one apheresis donation to make an entire platelet transfusion, so the patient has a lower risk of many complications of transfusion. (northshore.org)

Active hemorrhage resulting in shock is one of the few evidence-based established indications for transfusion. (medscape.com)
He also devises various instruments for performing transfusions and proposed rational indications. (aabb.org)

Yale Medicine regularly participates in clinical trials to investigate cutting-edge therapeutic apheresis applications. (spasifikmag.com)
Therapeutic apheresis includes: plasma exchange, red cell exchange, platelet and leukocyte depletion and photopheresis. (rwjbh.org)
The therapeutic apheresis consultation and procedure is performed by Transfusion Medicine physicians, who are specialists in apheresis therapy. (rwjbh.org)
Therapeutic apheresis is a complex treatment requiring careful administration to guarantee safety and efficacy. (rwjbh.org)
Fresenius Kabi acquired the transfusion technology company Fenwal and created a global leader in transfusion technology with a broad product portfolio for collection and processing of blood components and for therapeutic treatment of patient blood by apheresis systems. (fresenius-kabi.com)

In 1971, hepatitis B surface antigen testing heralded the advent of screening to minimize infection transmission complicating allogeneic transfusion. (medscape.com)
1867 English surgeon Joseph Lister uses antiseptics to control infection during transfusions. (aabb.org)
Congenital neutrophil defects (i.e., chronic granulomatous disease) and documented refractory bacterial or fungal infection failing to respond to appropriate antimicrobial therapy for more than 24 to 48 hours may be considered for granulocyte transfusion. (medscape.com)
Granulocyte transfusion is a supportive adjuvant therapy to manage infections uncontrolled by standard medical therapy and thus should not be used as first line treatment or as the sole treatment of infection. (medscape.com)

Time required for an apheresis blood donation is largely dependent on the donor's physical characteristics. (spasifikmag.com)
Before apheresis, the donor's blood count showed mild thrombocytopenia after G-CSF mobilization. (cdc.gov)

Transfusion-dependent thalassemia is a chronic disease that affects many individuals and has a significant impact on the healthcare system and society. (jptcp.com)
UCSF's pediatric Apheresis Program provides care for children who have sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and other blood disorders, as well as those who need or have recently had a stem cell transplant. (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)

Technology making the transfusion of allogeneic blood products feasible includes Karl Landsteiner's landmark identification of the human blood groups A, B, and O in 1901. (medscape.com)
When blood loss is more than the amount of autologous blood storage, allogeneic blood transfusion should be done to save the lives of mother and child. (scirp.org)

Hoxworth Blood Center, an internationally-recognized leader in transfusion medicine, was founded in 1938 and is currently the oldest operating blood bank in the country. (hoxworth.org)

The Transfusion Service Physician is notified and will provide consultation as to efficacy and scheduling of the procedure. (rwjbh.org)
We review recent advances on the role of genetically encoded polymorphisms on red cell storage biology, and relate these findings with parameters of storage quality and post-transfusion efficacy, such as hemolysis, post-transfusion intra- and extravascular hemolysis and hemoglobin increments. (bvsalud.org)
Decision to transfuse granulocytes should be made in consultation with the transfusion medicine physician because of a lack of established efficacy in randomized controlled trials and the coordination required to provide granulocytes as they must be collected the day of transfusion. (medscape.com)

Shortly afterward, the earliest known blood transfusion is attempted. (aabb.org)

About 20 people die yearly in the US as a result of acute hemolytic transfusion reaction. (merckmanuals.com)
ABO incompatibility is the most common cause of acute hemolytic transfusion reaction. (merckmanuals.com)
The department undertakes routine services like blood donation and apheresis including plateletpheresis, leukapheresis, blood grouping and Rh typing, crossmatching, Direct and Indirect Coomb's test, washed packed cells, auto-immune hemolytic anemia workup, blood component separation, Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) testing, storage and issue of blood products. (iacr.in)

[ 1 ] Massive transfusion protocols (MTPs) should be institutionally monitored by a blood utilization committee that can track initiation, cessation, component wastage, storage of blood products outside of the blood bank, transport standards, and compliance with applicable Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards. (medscape.com)

The procedure proves unfeasible for blood transfusions, but paves the way for successful organ transplantation, for which Carrel receives the Nobel Prize in 1912. (aabb.org)
1915 At Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, Richard Lewisohn uses sodium citrate as an anticoagulant to transform the transfusion procedure from direct to indirect. (aabb.org)
However, the recovery of autologous blood in post caesarean section is still a matter of debate within the Chinese blood transfusion association, hence only a small number of hospitals in the country perform the procedure. (scirp.org)
Nurses who are expert at the cannulation of peripheral veins and the use of central venous access, the administration of blood and the use of the apheresis equipment perform the procedure. (rwjbh.org)
Talk to your doctor about how to prepare for mobilization and apheresis and what to expect during and after the procedure. (medlineplus.gov)

Dr. Pietropaoli also collaborates with investigators in laboratory and transfusion medicine investigating the "storage lesion" that develops in banked blood and clinical outcomes in critically ill transfusion recipients. (rochester.edu)

Transfusion of 5-10 mL/kg should raise the platelet count by 50,000-100,000/uL. (medscape.com)
In the morning of the second day after apheresis, the platelet count dropped, procalcitonine level was elevated, C-reactive protein level was elevated, and a slight skin rash developed. (cdc.gov)

Obstetrics mainly use preoperative autologous donation (PAD), however, if indication of blood transfusion is not in accordance with the current blood specification, autologous blood transfusion should be contraindicated which not only causes blood waste but also limits PAD applications. (scirp.org)
Obstetrics mainly use preoperative autologous donation (PAD), collecting pregnant women autologous blood in the department of blood transfusion and re-transfusing intraoperatively or post operatively. (scirp.org)
What Is Apheresis Blood Donation? (spasifikmag.com)
It's a lot of work to learn about apheresis blood donation. (spasifikmag.com)
Apheresis samples are collected at donation centers and at mobile blood drives like those arranged by the American Red Cross in Connecticut. (spasifikmag.com)
Simply put, apheresis blood donation involves giving blood without actually drawing any. (spasifikmag.com)
Depending on your weight and height, the apheresis donation process will take approximately 90 minutes. (northshore.org)
HIV residual risk in Canada for apheresis source plasma donation without deferral for men who have sex with men Eliana Aubé et al. (isbtweb.org)
Title : Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood donation and transfusions in the United States in 2020 Personal Author(s) : Basavaraju, Sridhar V.;Free, Rebecca J.;Chavez Ortiz, Joel L.;Stewart, Phylicia;Berger, James;Sapiano, Mathew R. P. (cdc.gov)

Our team of hematology and oncology specialists and apheresis operators specialize in working with children. (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)

Fresh whole blood has long been thought of as the criterion standard for transfusion, but the advent of whole blood fractionation techniques subsequent to World War II provided a means of more efficient use of the various components (i.e., packed red blood cells [PRBCs], fresh frozen plasma [FFP], individual factor concentrates, platelet concentrates, cryoprecipitate). (medscape.com)
Patient A. In October 2004, a man aged 74 years in Ohio with leukemia received a transfusion consisting of a pool of five platelet unit concentrates. (cdc.gov)

The survey, conducted during February 10-24, 2016, included all blood collection centers performing local collections and importing blood components from the mainland United States for routine clinical use, as well as hospitals performing transfusions in Puerto Rico during 2015. (cdc.gov)

The American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) conducted a 1 day consensus conference on Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) during its annual meeting in Atlanta, GA, on April 10, 2012. (nih.gov)

1665 The first recorded successful blood transfusion occurs in England: Physician Richard Lower keeps dogs alive by transfusion of blood from other dogs. (aabb.org)

an estimated one in 1,000--3,000 platelet units are contaminated with bacteria, resulting in transfusion-associated sepsis in many recipients ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
This report summarizes two fatal cases of transfusion-associated sepsis in platelet recipients in 2004 and describes results of a 2004 survey of infectious-disease consultants regarding their knowledge of transfusion-associated bacterial infections and the new AABB standard. (cdc.gov)

TRALI is an infrequent pulmonary complication occurring within 6 hours of a transfusion. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)

If the reaction seems mild to moderate and you are uncertain about the best course of action, pause the transfusion and immediately page the transfusion medicine physician. (medscape.com)

In apheresis, blood is drawn into a machine called a blood cell separator. (northshore.org)

Because of the potential for transfusion-associated transmission of Zika virus, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended deferral of blood donors in affected U.S. areas until blood donations can be screened by nucleic acid testing or blood products can be subjected to FDA-approved pathogen reduction technology (PRT). (cdc.gov)
Can female plasma apheresis donors with a history of pregnancy continue to make donations? (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Donors in the Québec City region can donate plasma by apheresis at the Centre Globule Laurier Québec. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Packed red blood cells from all donors, male or female, continue to be used for blood transfusions. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)

However, health-care providers also should be able to diagnose transfusion-associated infections, because even when testing complies with the new standard, false negatives can occur and fatal bacterial sepsis can result. (cdc.gov)
To assess clinician experience with transfusion-associated bacterial infections and knowledge of the new AABB standard, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (ISDA) conducted a survey of infectious-disease consultants in the United States. (cdc.gov)
From now on, plasma collected by apheresis from women with a history of pregnancy will be used to produce drug products such as albumin and immunoglobulins that will be used, in particular, to treat serious burn victims and premature babies or to treat people who cannot fight infections due to an immune deficiency. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Bay Area Mobile Apheresis Program (BAMAP) San Francisco, California Background Infections due to malaria estimated 1.0-2.5 million deaths/yr. (powershow.com)

We therefore investigated whether Pentaisomaltose (PIM), a low-molecular-weight carbohydrate (1 kDa), can be used for cryopreservation of peripheral blood stem cells, more specifically hematopoietic progenitor cell apheresis (HPC(A)) product. (lu.se)
Before your dose of betibeglogene autotemcel injection is to be given, a sample of your blood stem cells will be taken at a hospital or treatment center using a process called mobilization and apheresis (a process that removes blood stem cells from the body). (medlineplus.gov)

Allogeneic transfusion of whole blood and fractionated blood components remains a controversial topic with respect to transfusion triggers and practices. (medscape.com)
In spite of widespread use, data supporting specific practice paradigms for whole blood and component therapy transfusion are lacking, the notable exception being in the primary treatment of hemorrhagic shock. (medscape.com)
The most widespread use of whole blood transfusion is the US military buddy transfusion system. (medscape.com)
[ 2 ] Additionally, whole blood transfusion in civilian pre-hospital settings and in the trauma bay is seeing a resurgence in some regions. (medscape.com)
FDA has recommended that whole blood and blood components for transfusion be obtained from U.S. areas without active Zika virus transmission. (cdc.gov)
1840 At St. George's School in London, Samuel Armstrong Lane, aided by consultant Dr. Blundell, performs the first successful whole blood transfusion to treat hemophilia. (aabb.org)

The impact of COVID‐19 outbreak on the Transfusion Medicine Unit of a Northern Italy Hospital and Cancer Centre Davide Schiroli et al. (isbtweb.org)

Dr. Muir's major interests lie in identifying causes of low recruitment and retention of a diverse healthcare and scientific workforce and highlighting the impact of low representation of diverse patient populations in clinical trials, with some of her work already published in Cell, Transfusion Apheresis Science and Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology . (drexel.edu)

To reduce this risk, AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks) adopted a new standard on March 1, 2004, that requires member blood banks and transfusion services to implement measures to detect and limit bacterial contamination in all platelet components ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
The field of transfusion medicine (TM) plays a crucial role in healthcare with approximately 16 million blood components transfused annually in the US, saving lives in emergencies, surgeries, cancer treatments, and various medical conditions. (cap.org)
Apheresis is a method of donating blood that separates out various components for use later. (spasifikmag.com)
The apheresis professional collects the unneeded blood components by putting a tiny needle into a vein in the arm and withdrawing the blood. (spasifikmag.com)
Apheresis is the broad term for various methods of separating blood into its different components in order to remove the one part that has a problem and return the healthy portions to the body. (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)

After transfusion, the patient had hypotension the same day and was admitted to a local hospital. (cdc.gov)

Early recognition of symptoms suggestive of a transfusion reaction and prompt reporting to the blood bank are essential. (merckmanuals.com)
Further transfusion should be delayed until the cause of the reaction is known, unless the need is urgent, in which case type O Rh-negative red blood cells (RBCs) should be used. (merckmanuals.com)

11 The promise of developing universal blood could eliminate the barrier of matching ABO antigens for blood transfusions, which is time-consuming and limits inventory. (cap.org)

plasma by apheresis for use in manufacturing medication. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Women with no history of pregnancy can continue to give plasma by apheresis. (hema-quebec.qc.ca)
Frozen or processed apheresis plasma can be made into pharmaceuticals like gamma globulin by treating and processing donated plasma. (spasifikmag.com)
Donated plasma can be processed and transformed into medications like gamma globulin through apheresis plasma freezing and processing. (spasifikmag.com)
State on admitting information to Notify Transfusion Medicine attending on call for plasma exchange or Prosorba Column Apheresis. (rwjbh.org)

The Transfusion Center dedicated it to the people of Madrid who have made almost 100.000 donations throughout this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic or the Filomena snowstorm. (comunidad.madrid)

Platelet transfusions may be given for thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction to treat active platelet-related bleeding or as prophylaxis in those at serious risk of bleeding. (medscape.com)
Thresholds for transfusion due to thrombocytopenia have been controversial. (medscape.com)

Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis 59 (1): 102712. (uni-giessen.de)
Transfusion and Apheresis Science 59(6), pp. 103019. (benfordonline.net)

If any of these symptoms (other than localized urticaria and itching) occur, the transfusion should be stopped immediately and the IV line kept open with normal saline. (merckmanuals.com)

Importation of blood products from nonaffected areas might serve a role in prevention of transfusion-transmitted Zika virus. (cdc.gov)

Approximately 1 hour after transfusion, the patient had shortness of breath, chills, and a temperature of 102.9 º F (39.4 º C) and became hypotensive. (cdc.gov)

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