Fecal blood loss: A quantitative method of evaluating hemostasis in patients with thrombocytopenia.

CONCLUSION: A prophylactic platelet transfusion threshold of 5000/μL or greater is sufficient to maintain hemostasis in patients with thrombocytopenia.
PMID: 33166412 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Transfusion - November 9, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Slichter SJ, Gernsheimer T, LeBlanc R, Townsend-McCall D, Jones MK, Cuaron L, Bolgiano D Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research