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 ...

A 65-year-old man was admitted to our emergency department with hemiplegia and hemispatial neglect. He had been receiving ticagrelor at a dose of 90 mg twice daily and aspirin at a dose of 75 mg per ...

During the 6-month study period, the questionnaire had been completed for 58 cases of transfusion reactions (see Table 2). Transfusion reactions to platelet concentrates occurred in 43 cases (74.1%), ...

(HealthDay News) — Autologous platelet transfusion 24 or 48 hours after ticagrelor-mediated platelet inhibition has minimal effect, while a small reversing effect is seen for transfusion after ...

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 ...

A new study has found that storing whole blood derived platelets in an artificial preservative can extend their shelf life and produce a safer end product. This is the finding of a research paper ...

The little boy had two allergic reactions in a week to things he'd always eaten. — -- When an 8-year-old boy had two surprise allergic reactions in a week to foods that had never bothered him ...

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 ...

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 ...

People hospitalized with certain rare blood cell disorders frequently receive a treatment that is associated with a two- to fivefold increase in death, according to a new study that reviewed hospital ...