Blood component support in patients with solid tumors and hematologic malignancies: lessons from the treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses.
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KB We usually use prestorage leukoreduced red blood cells to treat symptomatic anemia, and leukoreduced apheresis platelets or whole blood–derived platelets to treat thrombocytopenia. Plasma components are used less commonly, and their use generally is restricted to the treatment of bleeding associated with coagulation factor deficiencies—either isolated coagulation factors or multiple coagulation factors.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical advances in hematology & oncology : H&O
دوره 12 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014