Hi Margarete,
You know many patients with low platelets don't get better after platelet transfusions because the new platelets are destructed at once. Even if they try HLA matched platelets the platelet count can be very low.
In Sweden PFA 100 is used at most clinics but I don't know my value because when I got my dx they only used bleeding time that was supposed to be valueless but they didn't have any better methods. My bleeding time was more than 21 minutes - they didn't measure more than that.
Very interesting info you posted!
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
71 yo, dx MDS Interm-1 May 2006, Thalidomide since June 2010, platelets increased from 22 to 81
(latest count)