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 ...

Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...

New research has found life-saving blood platelets are still effective when frozen. Blood platelets have to be stored at 22 degrees Celsius and have a seven-day shelf life. The potential for a much ...

A ground-breaking research project has proven blood platelets can be frozen for up to two years and still be effective in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hannah, from Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, needed countless red blood cell and platelet transfusions to keep her strong ...