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Tolerance of Thrombocytopenia

Implementing a program to improve compliance with neonatal intensive care unit transfusion guidelines was accompanied by a reduction in transfusion rate: a pre-post analysis within a multihospital health care system. (opens new window)

Baer VL, Henry E, Lambert DK, Stoddard RA, Wiedmeier SE, Eggert LD, Ilstrup S, Christensen RD.

Source‎: Transfusion 2011;51(2):264-9.

Indexed‎: PubMed 20723168

DOI‎: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02823.x

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20723168 (opens new window)

Severe thrombocytopenia in the NICU. (opens new window)

Baer VL, Lambert DK, Henry E, Christensen RD.

Source‎: Pediatrics 2009;124(6):e1095-100.

Indexed‎: PubMed 19917581

DOI‎: 10.1542/peds.2009-0582

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19917581 (opens new window)

Do platelet transfusions in the NICU adversely affect survival? Analysis of 1600 thrombocytopenic neonates in a multihospital healthcare system. (opens new window)

Baer VL, Lambert DK, Henry E, Snow GL, Sola-Visner MC, Christensen RD.

Source‎: J Perinatol 2007;27(12):790-6.

Indexed‎: PubMed 17855804

DOI‎: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211833

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17855804 (opens new window)

Restrictive guideline reduces platelet count thresholds for transfusions in very low birth weight preterm infants. (opens new window)

Borges JP, Dos Santos AM, da Cunha DH, Mimica AF, Guinsburg R, Kopelman BI.

Source‎: Vox Sang 2013;104(3):207-13.

Indexed‎: PubMed 23046429

DOI‎: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01658.x

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23046429 (opens new window)

Randomized trial of platelet-transfusion thresholds in neonates. (opens new window)

Curley A, Stanworth SJ, Willoughby K, Fustolo-Gunnink SF, Venkatesh V, Hudson C, Deary A, Hodge R, Hopkins V, Lopez Santamaria B, Mora A, Llewelyn C, D'Amore A, Khan R, Onland W, Lopriore E, Fijnvandraat K, New H, Clarke P, Watts T; PlaNeT2 MATISSE Collaborators

Source‎: N Engl J Med 2019;380(3):242-51.

Indexed‎: PubMed 30387697

DOI‎: 10.1056/NEJMoa1807320

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30387697 (opens new window)

Two-year outcomes following a randomised platelet transfusion trial in preterm infants. (opens new window)

Moore CM, D'Amore A, Fustolo-Gunnink S, Hudson C, Newton A, Santamaria BL, Deary A, Hodge R, Hopkins V, Mora A, Llewelyn C, Venkatesh V, Khan R, Willoughby K, Onland W, Fijnvandraat K, New HV, Clarke P, Lopriore E, Watts T, Stanworth S, Curley A

Source‎: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2023.

Indexed‎: PubMed 36810309

DOI‎: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324915

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36810309/ (opens new window)

Severe thrombocytopenia and patterns of bleeding in neonates: results from a prospective observational study and implications for use of platelet transfusions. (opens new window)

Muthukumar P, Venkatesh V, Curley A, Kahan BC, Choo L, Ballard S, Clarke P, Watts T, Roberts I, Stanworth S; Platelets Neonatal Transfusion Study Group.

Source‎: Transfus Med 2012;22(5):338-43.

Indexed‎: PubMed 22738179

DOI‎: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2012.01171.x

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22738179 (opens new window)

Thrombocytopaenia and intraventricular haemorrhage in very premature infants: a tale of two cities. (opens new window)

von Lindern JS, Hulzebos CV, Bos AF, Brand A, Walther FJ, Lopriore E.

Source‎: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2012;97(5):F348-52.

Indexed‎: PubMed 22933094

DOI‎: 10.1136/fetalneonatal-2011-300763

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22933094 (opens new window)

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