Use of platelet transfusions prior to lumbar punctures or epidural anaesthesia for the prevention of complications in people with thrombocytopenia

BACKGROUND: People with a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) often require lumbar punctures or an epidural anaesthetic. Lumbar punctures can be diagnostic (haematological malignancies, subarachnoid haematoma, meningitis) or therapeutic (spinal anaesthetic, administration of chemotherapy). Epidura...

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Published in:Cochrane Database Syst Rev
Main Authors: Estcourt, Lise J, Malouf, Reem, Hopewell, Sally, Doree, Carolyn, Van Veen, Joost
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2018
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5957267/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29709077
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011980.pub3
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