In view of the widening use of transfusions of fresh platelet concentrates the need for further studies on the indications, hazards and potential usefulness of this procedure has become more apparent.

Results: Three of 78 patients (4%) developed anti-D antibodies after receiving RhD-incompatible platelet transfusions. One of the patients developed evidence of anti-RhD antibodies after receiving ...

Therefore, a 2-volume exchange transfusion using Type O Rh-negative blood was performed. After the procedure 40 ml of platelet-enriched plasma concentrated from 1 unit of fresh blood was given.

Febrile responses to platelet transfusions are common but some can be life-threatening and the cause of these reactions is largely unknown. In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from ...

The epidemiological findings are due to the requirement that a patient has previously been exposed to platelet-specific antigens before PTP can develop following a subsequent transfusion.

Stella Benedict has aplastic anemia, a serious condition for which she is in need of a bone marrow transplant.