Randomized Trial of Platelet-Transfusion Thresholds in Neonates

The rate of death or major bleeding was significantly higher among preterm infants with severe thrombocytopenia assigned to transfusions at higher platelet-count thresholds (50,000 per cubic millimeter) than among those assigned to lower thresholds (25,000 per cubic millimeter).

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 380; no. 3; pp. 242 - 251
Main Authors:	Curley, Anna, Stanworth, Simon J, Willoughby, Karen, Fustolo-Gunnink, Susanna F, Venkatesh, Vidheya, Hudson, Cara, Deary, Alison, Hodge, Renate, Hopkins, Valerie, Lopez Santamaria, Beatriz, Mora, Ana, Llewelyn, Charlotte, D’Amore, Angela, Khan, Rizwan, Onland, Wes, Lopriore, Enrico, Fijnvandraat, Karin, New, Helen, Clarke, Paul, Watts, Timothy
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 17.01.2019
Subjects:	Age Birth weight Bleeding Blood platelets Death Evidence-based medicine Female Gestational age Health services Hemorrhage Hemorrhage - etiology Hemorrhage - prevention & control Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Infant, Premature, Diseases - mortality Infant, Premature, Diseases - therapy Infants Male Medical research Neonates Newborn babies Platelet Count Platelet Transfusion Platelets Premature birth R&D Research & development Thrombocytopenia Thrombocytopenia - complications Thrombocytopenia - mortality Thrombocytopenia - therapy United Kingdom > UK Ireland
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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