In a trial-based economic evaluation, cryopreserved platelets were more costly and less effective than standard therapy with liquid-stored platelets for managing active bleeding in patients undergoing ...

An oral medication already approved for thrombocytopenia in patients with liver disease significantly improved platelet recovery and helped patients with gastrointestinal cancers maintain platelet ...

Platelets are small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding. It’s possible to develop low or high platelet counts related to a number of health conditions. Platelets are one of the main ...

When donated blood is in low supply, platelets are even scarcer. These cell fragments, which are essential for blood clotting, have a short shelf life. Whereas whole blood can be refrigerated for up ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My brother has low blood platelets and anemia. He will be 73 this year and has had three back surgeries. What causes low blood platelets? Can anything be done to raise platelet count?

Gerald A. Soff, M.D., chief of classical hematology at Sylvester, led the phase 2 clinical trial of avatrombopag with a goal to treat 40 patients with gastrointestinal cancers who were experiencing ...