
002: Platelet Refractoriness with Pat Kopko
Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast
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How to Tell if Your Patient Is Refractory to Platelet Transfusion
Hemunk patients and other multiple transfused patients like that, especially ladies who have been pregnant are kind of your highest risk group for immune refractoryness. In fact, I had a phone call from a hospital where they were looking for washed platelets. And when I asked them why, they said, well, the clinician is demanding them because the patient is refractory to platelet transfusion.
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