Early Platelet Transfusion Improves Platelet Activity and May Improve Outcomes After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

The 2010 guidelines from the American Heart Association [2] described the usefulness of platelet transfusion as unclear (citing our manuscripts from 2009). Future work must include monitoring of platelet activity to ensure that treatment has a biologically plausible effect. The rate-limiting step fo...

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Published in:Neurocritical care 2012-08, Vol.17 (1), p.156-157
Main Authors: Naidech, Andrew M., Liebling, Storm M., Rosenberg, Neil F., Lindholm, Paul F., Batjer, H. Hunt, Kwaan, Hau C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood platelets
Critical Care Medicine
Hematoma
Hemorrhage
Intensive
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurology
Response to Letter to the Editor
Stroke
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Summary:The 2010 guidelines from the American Heart Association [2] described the usefulness of platelet transfusion as unclear (citing our manuscripts from 2009). Future work must include monitoring of platelet activity to ensure that treatment has a biologically plausible effect. The rate-limiting step for advancing the science hasn’t been us. [...]a study is open for enrollment, clinicians will have to make up their minds based on the available evidence.
ISSN:1541-6933
1556-0961
DOI:10.1007/s12028-012-9698-9