Clinical outcomes in critically ill children on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with severe thrombocytopenia

CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate a restrictive platelet transfusion strategy is not associated with higher proportions of subsequent bleeding, duration of ECMO, or on-ECMO mortality rate. Multicenter studies are needed to evaluate further the appropriateness of this strategy.PMID:38626382 | DOI:10.1177/02676591241247981

Source: Perfusion - April 16, 2024 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Sonia Labarinas Kalpana Norbisrath Dana Johnson Jon Meliones Christopher Greenleaf Jorge Salazar Oliver Karam Source Type: research