Thresholds for transfusing children vary from those in adults, according to a 2-part review study published in the January 2012 issue of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
The purpose of this retrospective observational study is to analyze the value of multiple electrode platelet aggregometry (Multiplate analyzer, Verum Diagnostica, Munich) as a point-of-care (POC) device in adult cardiac surgical patients.
BACKGROUND: A novel WBC-reduction in-line whole-blood (WB) filter that does not retain platelets was evaluated to assess the filtration performance and, after […]