Prophylactic Preprocedure Platelet Transfusion Is Associated With Increased Risk of Thrombosis and Mortality.

Conclusions: Preprocedure platelet transfusion is associated with an increased risk of thrombosis and 30-day mortality. Whether these findings are due to higher incidences of comorbidities and confounding or to cause and effect is not determinable from these data. This study highlights an association between prophylactic platelet transfusion and thrombosis and poor outcome, including death. PMID: 29228089 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Clinical Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Am J Clin Pathol Source Type: research