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Old Fri Jan 5, 2007, 07:51 AM
Bruce Lande Bruce Lande is offline
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Platelets duration and risk

Transfused platelets usuallly only last 2-3 days (I think I may have gone 5-6 days at best when I was platelet transfusion dependent) and must be used within 5 days of being drawn (RBC's can be stored for 42 days). According to an AAMDS article I found, "the immune system can eventually learn to recognize and destroy transfused platelets."
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