The state’s blood platelet shortage is improving after last week’s low point — which reached Bloodworks Northwest’s “critical” category — but thousands of donations are still needed. Bloodworks ...

METRO DETROIT (WXYZ) — There is a major need for blood donations in part due to a national platelet shortage. It’s a troubling trend, hitting cancer and surgery ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

Platelets are tiny cell fragments in your blood that help form clots and stop bleeding. Nearly 50% of donated platelets go to cancer patients. With a shelf life of only five days, hospitals rely on a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2010 and remained in stage 2 with no effects until 2022. In the interim, he was also diagnosed with atrial ...

Aside from transfusions, there currently is no way to boost people's platelet counts, leaving them at risk for uncontrolled bleeding. Could something as simple as a dietary change raise platelet ...

How low can a platelet count get before you suspect heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)? —Higinio R. Lopez, MD, Newark, Del. During heparin therapy, any unexplained decrease that reduces the ...

The most common etiology of pseudothrombocytopenia is platelet clumping induced by EDTA, which is the anticoagulant present in the purple tube in which blood is collected for a CBC. This clumping is ...

How Does Doptelet Work in Thrombocytopenia? Thrombocytopenia is when your blood has too few platelets (also called thrombocytes). Platelets are blood cells made in the soft, spongy tissue inside your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam. The medical assistant (MA) checking the patient in remarked ...

Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition arising from tissue and organ damage due to a body's overactive response to an infection. Sepsis is commonly characterized by abnormally low levels ...

A 34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) at 16 weeks’ gestation was found to have platelets unable to be quantified because of clumping on routine prenatal blood work, with a visual estimate of 40 ...