Written to offer advice where formal guidelines fall short, the document urges a balance between bleeding and ischemic risk.

Few clinical situations generate as much anxiety amongst physicians and surgeons as uncontrolled bleeding, particularly in patients with platelet abnormalities, such as reduced platelet number ...

(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) If you have a lower than typical platelet count, it's called thrombocytopenia. This can happen due to different conditions, infections, some medicines ...

Investigators have identified a platelet count threshold that appears prognostic in patients with ESRD hospitalized in the ICU.

Background To evaluate the efficacy of a single platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection in reducing the return to sport duration in male athletes, following an acute hamstring injury. Methods A ...

The following is a summary of “Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Blood, plasma and platelets are at dangerously low levels in Middle Tennessee, according to Blood ...

The following is a summary of “Prophylactic versus restrictive platelet transfusion strategy in patients with haematological malignancies in the ICU setting, a propensity-score analysis,” published in ...

A new study published in the journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery showed that after using the human platelet extract ...