platelet transfusion

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platelet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪt.lət/us
/ˈpleɪt.lət/
a very small cell in the blood that makes it thicker and more solid in order to stop bleeding caused by ...
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transfusion
noun[C or U]
uk
/trænsˈfjuː.ʒən/us
/trænsˈfjuː.ʒən/
the process of adding an amount of blood to the body of a person or animal, or the amount of ...
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When recipients fail to demonstrate an adequate post-transfusion increment, this is termedplatelettransfusionrefractoriness.
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This condition is known as refractoriness toplatelettransfusion.
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Symptoms can be severe enough to require hospitalization andplatelettransfusion, with several cases known to have resulted in death.
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Treatment is initially supportive with blood and platelet transfusions, and antibiotics.
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Platelettransfusionmay actually worsen the outcome.
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The mainstay of treatment in the elderly is supportive care with blood transfusions, platelet transfusions, and early use of antibiotics.
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Maternal platelet transfusions are only effective for several hours and can lead to alloimmunization to donor platelet antigens.
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The infant mortality rate has been curbed by new technology, including platelet transfusions, which can even be performed in utero.
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Platelet transfusions may be used in severe bleeding together with a very low count.
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Early platelet transfusions used a filter to remove white blood cells at the time of transfusion.
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Frequent platelet transfusions are required to keep the patient from bleeding to death until transplant has been completed, although this is not always the case.
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A significant problem for multitransfused patients is refractoriness to platelet transfusions.
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Platelet transfusions may be used to stop episodic abnormal bleeding caused by a low platelet count.
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Frequent platelet transfusions are required to ensure that platelet levels do not fall to dangerous levels, although this is not always the case.
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The risk of severe bacterial infection is estimated, as of 2002, at about 1 in 50,000 platelet transfusions, and 1 in 500,000 red blood cell transfusions.
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For severely low platelet counts, patients may require platelet transfusions or a splenectomy.
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