Poster to be presented at Tandem Meeting of the American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) and the ...

Platelet transfusion in neonates and children varies widely, with donor and processing factors linked to lower platelet increments and higher transfusion burden but not to mortality or length of stay.

Platelets are tiny cell fragments in your blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Nearly 50% of donated platelets go to cancer patients. With a shelf life of only five days, hospitals rely on a ...

Bloodworks NW and other agencies say there is a shortage of blood donations.

After dozens of blood and platelet transfusions, six-year-old Greenleigh Gafford is in remission from leukemia. As blood ...

A 34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) at 16 weeks’ gestation was found to have platelets unable to be quantified because of clumping on routine prenatal blood work, with a visual estimate of 40 ...

Officials are calling on residents to donate blood amid a critical blood shortage affecting the Kraft Family Blood Donor ...

Lucknow: A 50-year-old patient suffering from advanced end-stage liver disease got a new lease of life after his elder son ...

There are two predominant organizations in Western North Carolina where people can donate blood. The Western North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross and The Blood Connection both have ...

Analysis of hospital registry data found that people who were hospitalized due to bleeding in the brain and who had taken multiple antiplatelet medications, or medications stronger than aspirin, were ...

New Jersey has less than a one-week supply of red blood cells and less than a day's supply of platelets, health officials say.

The U.S. Blood Donation Statistics and Public Messaging Guide is designed to support consistent, accurate communication across media coverage, policy discussions, advocacy efforts, and public ...