A UK national survey of prophylactic platelet transfusion thresholds in non-bleeding, critically ill adults

Transfus Med. 2020 Dec;30(6):515-517. doi: 10.1111/tme.12728. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Authors

Akshay Shah^{1

2}, Doug W Gould³, James Doidge³, Paul R Mouncey³, David A Harrison³, John Duncan Young⁴, Simon J Stanworth^{1

5}, Peter J Watkinson⁴; Threshold for Platelets (T4P) Investigators

Affiliations

¹ Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Adult Intensive Care Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
³ Clinical Trials Unit, Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC), London, UK.
⁴ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Haematalogy, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 33043990
DOI: 10.1111/tme.12728

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Critical Illness
Hemorrhage / prevention & control
Humans
Platelet Transfusion*
Thrombocytopenia*
United Kingdom

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