Journal article
Platelet transfusions in children: results of a randomized, prospective, crossover trial of plasma removal and a prospective audit of WBC reduction
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTRs) complicate 2 to 37 percent of platelet transfusions in adults, but the incidence of such reactions in children is not known. The effectiveness of plasma reduction after storage and WBC reduction of platelet concentrates before storage was studied in pediatric recipients of platelet transfusions.
STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: In the first study, a prospective randomized crossover design …
Authors
Couban S; Carruthers J; Andreou P; Klama LN; Barr R; Kelton JG; Heddle NM
Journal
Transfusion, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 753–758
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
June 2002
DOI
10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00070.x
ISSN
0041-1132