Platelet transfusion
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- If the platelet count is low after chemotherapy (or radiotherapy) it is called thrombocytopaenia (throm-bo-sigh-toe-peen-ya) A platelet transfusion is needed when the platelet count is very low.
- An unusual, but sometimes fatal, complication of platelet transfusion is infusion of bacteria that have proliferated in concentrates stored at 20 C to 24 C.
- Prophylactic platelet transfusion is the standard of care for malignancy or chemotherapy/radiation-induced thrombocytopenia.
- Giving symptomatic indications and prescribing a platelet transfusion is still complex and must take an increasing number of parameters into account (indication, quantitative and qualitative choice of product, threshold notion, clinical situation and, finally, cost).
- However, hemolysis following ABO-incompatible platelet transfusion is quite uncommon.
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