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Old Wed Feb 3, 2010, 11:44 AM
squirrellypoo squirrellypoo is offline
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I know transfusion levels for red blood differ from hospital to hospital, so platelet transfusion protocols probably do, too.

Anyway, at my hospitals, I'd get transfused if my platelets dropped below 20, or (once I needed HLA matched platelets, which require a 24 hour lead time) if it looked like I was going to drop below that in the next day or so.
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