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 ...

A preliminary study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggests a possible explanation for the biological process responsible for inducing fever and related symptoms after the transfusion of ...

65.4% of hospitalized ITP inpatients did not have a bleeding episode or surgical procedure associated with their platelet transfusion. Platelet transfusions were not associated with improved clinical ...

As more and more people pay attention to U.S. maternal mortality rates—the highest in the world among developed nations—more researchers are investigating what’s driving so many deaths of women who ...

The rates of reported platelet transfusion reactions increased significantly (P<0.001) from September 1989 through July 1991 (study period); in addition, the rate of contamination of platelets during ...

Between May and October 2018, four cases of sepsis followed patients' platelet transfusion — one resulting in death — and are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

A group of 12 thrombocytopenic patients, ranging in age from two to fourteen years, were studied. The thrombocytopenia was due to diverse conditions (Table 1). The platelet count ranged from 3000 to ...

O.W., a 55-year-old woman, was admitted to the hospital on November 1, 1965, for surgical treatment of intermittent claudication of 10 weeks' duration. The previous medical history included 4 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During pregnancy, alterations occur in the mother’s immune system to protect the fetus, and women with a history ...