Cryopreserved platelets cost more and are linked to worse bleeding and clinical outcomes than liquid-stored platelets in a ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — One Western New York man had a record-breaking achievement. You're about to meet a man who's been going to Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center for the past 50 years, and that's ...

Every day in hospitals, in fact every 2 seconds everywhere, according to the American Red Cross, someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion. Approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells, nearly ...

The use of cryopreserved platelets is associated with higher perioperative blood loss, higher transfusion use, and longer ICU ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Blood Center is asking for help since they are still dangerously low on blood donations, particularly platelets. These platelets are liquid gold running ...

Someone in the United States needs platelets every 15 seconds, according to the American Red Cross, and you have those in your body right now. If you’re looking for an easy way to help another person, ...

Ongoing since the pandemic, a blood platelet shortage is reaching critical levels as deliveries are being rationed among local hospitals. Bloodworks Northwest, a blood bank and medical research ...

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the American Red Cross celebrated with a ribbon-cutting to mark the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art blood donation center at 65 Forest Plaza in Annapolis. The center is ...

THE variability in the natural history of both acquired and idiopathic aplastic anemia makes it difficult to evaluate the success of any specific program of therapy. With careful attention to ...

THE hemorrhagic tendency of thrombocytopenic animals can be controlled temporarily by transfusions of fresh platelet concentrates. 1,2 The clinical value of platelet transfusions has previously been ...

A blood centrifuge rotates between 3,000 and 5,000 times per minute, causing blood to separate into three distinct layers: dark and dense red blood cells at the bottom, a very thin layer of white ...