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As many as necessary to prevent bleeding associated with thrombocytopenia.
In patients refractory to random donor platelet transfusions, platelet crossmatching may identify units providing better platelet count increases. If crossmatching is not effective, HLA matching of platelets may be necessary.
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Pancytopenia could be found in a patient with?
Leukemia, along with many other conditions. but typically it is aplastic anemia
Are there any medication restrictions before a platelet aggregation test?
There are many medications that can affect the results of the platelet aggregation test. The patient should discontinue as many as possible beforehand.
Is leukemia extinct?
LEUKEMIA IS NOT EXTINCT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many people have leukemia and many are also getting the disease!
What are the minor antigens in blood?
Blood can be typed by several other minor antigens, such as Kell, Duffy, and Lewis. These minor antigens can become important when a patient has received many transfusions.
How do you use the word coagulopathy in a sentence?
Because of the patient's coagulopathy, he was bleeding from many small injuries. Transfusions of blood and platelets are a common treatment for coagulopathy: the failure of the blood to clot.
What happens if Leukemia is not treated in time?
Unfortunately, often times leukemia, a form of cancer, cannot be cured and the patient does not survive. Many times, leukemia can be treated for a time and sometimes the cancer goes away. Sadly, there are times when even the best doctor cannot cure leukemia. Technically, if you have leukemia you are never fully "cured", you just lose the bad cells and go into remission.
How many people die from leukemia each year?
In 2000, about 209,000 people died from leukemia.
Why do patients with leukemia have tendency to bleed?
Lupus patients often have thrombocytopenic anemia, either because the immune system attacks and destroys platelets or the immune system interferes with the manufacture of platelets in the bone marrow. Platelets are the part of the blood that cause the blood to clot. If the blood does not clot, people bleed.
i caught heppititus from one of many blood transfusions over the years, can I still receive blood transfusions at this point?
You sure can! You are just unable to give or donate blood from now on.
How many people die for Leukemia?
5000
What does abnormal MRI brain demonstrating heterogeneous bone signal mean?
Many things, most common is anemia. Differntial is multiple myeloma, mets, leukemia, and myelofibrosis. Findings have to be correlated with patient history and labs.
How many people get leukemia in Canada?
as many anywhere else in the world.
