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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 wi...

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Autores principales: Lee, Tau-Hong, Wong, Joshua G. X., Leo, Yee-Sin, Thein, Tun-Linn, Ng, Ee-Ling, Lee, Linda K., Lye, David C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4807876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27015272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004576

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