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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Dec 02;2015(12). doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011980.

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

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Lise J Estcourt, Callum Ingram, Carolyn Doree, Sally Hopewell, Marialena Trivella, Simon J Stanworth

Affiliations

  1. Haematology/Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.
  2. School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
  3. Systematic Review Initiative, NHS Blood and Transplant, Oxford, UK.
  4. Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  5. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 27057148 PMCID: PMC4820652 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011980

Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of different platelet transfusion thresholds prior to the insertion of a lumbar puncture or epidural anaesthesia in people with thrombocytopenia (low platelet count).

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