Febrile responses to platelet transfusions are common but some can be life-threatening and the cause of these reactions is largely unknown. In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from ...

Platelet transfusions play a major role in the management of thrombocytopenia in hematological and oncologic patients. However, a proportion of these patients become refractory to the transfusion ...

Results: Three of 78 patients (4%) developed anti-D antibodies after receiving RhD-incompatible platelet transfusions. One of the patients developed evidence of anti-RhD antibodies after receiving ...