Platelet Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the AABB

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Authors

Richard M. Kaufman · United States Food and Drug Administration

Benjamin Djulbegović · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Terry Gernsheimer · Christiana Care Health System

Steven Kleinman · University of Colorado Denver

Alan Tinmouth · Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

Kelley E. Capocelli · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Mark Cipolle

Abstract

The AABB cannot recommend for or against platelet transfusion for patients receiving antiplatelet therapy who have intracranial hemorrhage (traumatic or spontaneous). (Grade: uncertain recommendation; very-low-quality evidence).

Topics & Keywords

Blood transfusion and management Platelet Disorders and Treatments Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Internal Medicine

Volume 162, Issue 3, pp. 205-213

DOI: 10.7326/m14-1589

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