Potential Harm of Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion in Adult Dengue Patients.
BACKGROUND:Thrombocytopenia is a hallmark of dengue infection, and bleeding is a dreaded complication of dengue fever. Prophylactic platelet transfusion has been used to prevent bleeding in the management of dengue fever, although the evidence for its benefit is lacking. In adult dengue patients wit...
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Main Authors: | Tau-Hong Lee (Author), Joshua G X Wong (Author), Yee-Sin Leo (Author), Tun-Linn Thein (Author), Ee-Ling Ng (Author), Linda K Lee (Author), David C Lye (Author) |
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2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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