Platelet transfusion in neonates and children varies widely, with donor and processing factors linked to lower platelet increments and higher transfusion burden but not to mortality or length of stay.

Poster to be presented at Tandem Meeting of the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) and the ...

Platelets are tiny cell fragments in your blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Nearly 50% of donated platelets go to cancer patients. With a shelf life of only five days, hospitals rely on a ...

In a distressing turn of events, Malaysian actor Along Eyzendy has been placed in a medically induced coma at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Serdang Hospital following a sudden deterioration in his ...

After dozens of blood and platelet transfusions, six-year-old Greenleigh Gafford is in remission from leukemia. As blood ...

Bloodworks NW and other agencies say there is a shortage of blood donations.

A 34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) at 16 weeks’ gestation was found to have platelets unable to be quantified because of clumping on routine prenatal blood work, with a visual estimate of 40 ...

Officials are calling on residents to donate blood amid a critical blood shortage affecting the Kraft Family Blood Donor ...

Analysis of hospital registry data found that people who were hospitalized due to bleeding in the brain and who had taken multiple antiplatelet medications, or medications stronger than aspirin, were ...

The U.S. Blood Donation Statistics and Public Messaging Guide is designed to support consistent, accurate communication across media coverage, policy discussions, advocacy efforts, and public ...

New Jersey has less than a one-week supply of red blood cells and less than a day's supply of platelets, health officials say.

Each year in the U.S., more than 4.5 million lives are saved by blood transfusions, and about 1 in 5 people admitted to the ...