TY - JOUR
T1 - Italian daily platelet transfusion practice for haematological patients undergoing high dose chemotherapy with or without stem cell transplantation: a survey by the GIMEMA Haemostasis and Thrombosis Working Party
AU - Napolitano, Mariasanta
AU - Napolitano, Mariasanta
AU - Candiotto, Laura
AU - Basso, Marco
AU - Tassinari, Cristina
AU - Napolitano, Mariasanta
AU - Storti, Sergio
AU - Veneri, Dino
AU - Tagariello, Giuseppe
AU - Castaman, Giancarlo
AU - De Stefano, Valerio
AU - Falanga, Anna
AU - Federici, Augusto B.
AU - Santoro, Rita
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Following high-dose chemotherapy/bone marrow transplantation, patients are routinely, prophylactically transfused with platelet concentrates (PC) if they have a platelet count 10×10(9)/L or higher in the presence of risk factors for bleeding. However, whether such transfusions are necessary in clinically stable patients with no bleeding, or whether a therapeutic transfusion strategy could be sufficient and safe, is still debated.
AB - Following high-dose chemotherapy/bone marrow transplantation, patients are routinely, prophylactically transfused with platelet concentrates (PC) if they have a platelet count 10×10(9)/L or higher in the presence of risk factors for bleeding. However, whether such transfusions are necessary in clinically stable patients with no bleeding, or whether a therapeutic transfusion strategy could be sufficient and safe, is still debated.
KW - Platelet transfusion
KW - Platelet transfusion
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/191487
M3 - Article
SP - 1-6-
JO - Blood Transfusion
JF - Blood Transfusion
SN - 1723-2007
ER -