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A therapeutic-only versus prophylactic platelet transfusion strategy for preventing bleeding in patients with haematological disorders after myelosuppressive chemotherapy or stem cell transplantation

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Background Platelet transfusions are used in modern clinical practice to prevent and treat bleeding in thrombocytopenic patients with bone marrow failure. Although considerable advances have been made in platelet transfusion therapy in the last 40 years, some areas continue to provoke debate, especially concerning the use of prophylactic platelet transfusions for the prevention of thrombocytopenic bleeding.
This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 200...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.CD010981.pub2

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM Clinical Laboratory Sciences
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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MSD
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NDORMS
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM Clinical Laboratory Sciences
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Wiley
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
Volume:
2015
Issue:
9
Article number:
CD010981
Publication date:
2015-09-30
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ISSN:
1469-493X


Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:573352
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uuid:ca068366-eff1-4131-bdb7-be88e82d2df3
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573352
Deposit date:
2015-11-16

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