Survey on the threshold for platelet transfusions

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  • HIRUMA Kiyoshi
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare The Division of Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
  • OKUYAMA Yoshiki
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare The Division of Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital
  • OSAKA Akimichi
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • KASAI Masaharu
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • KODO Hideki
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • TAKAMOTO Shigeru
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • HANDA Makoto
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • FUJII Hisaichi
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • MUTO Yoshitomo
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • MORI Mayumi
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • SHIMIZU Masaru
    The study group on revision of blood donating standards and appropriate use of blood, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

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  • 血小板輸血トリガー値の実態調査
  • 臨床研究 血小板輸血トリガー値の実態調査
  • リンショウ ケンキュウ ケッショウバン ユケツ トリガーチ ノ ジッタイ チョウサ

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Abstract

We carried out a survey on platelet transfusions performed in nine general hospitals. We evaluated 303 adults who received a total of 24455 units over 1864 platelet transfusions. The underlying diseases were hematologic disorders with chemotherapy (59.7%), hematologic disorders without chemotherapy (15.5%), hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (18.5%), and others (2.0%). The patient platelet count before transfusion (platelet trigger value) was measured in only 77.1%. The platelet trigger value differed greatly between the hospitals, with an average of 2.2×104/μl, a minimum of 1.3×104/μl, and maximum of 3.2×104/μl. Only 55.3% of the platelet transfusions carried out complied with the Platelet Transfusion Guideline published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The hospitals surveyed could be divided into those who gave mainly around 10 units and those who gave over 10 units. The total dose of platelets transfused was more in the hospitals that used mainly 15 or more unit-PCs than in the hospitals that used mainly 10 unit-PCs. These results indicate that platelet transfusion may be greatly reduced by complying with the 2×104/μl of platelet transfusion threshold and by selecting less than 10 units of PC per transfusion.

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  • Rinsho Ketsueki

    Rinsho Ketsueki 45 (11), 1187-1192, 2004

    The Japanese Society of Hematology

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