Uncommon cold: could 4°C storage improve platelet function?

Kaufman, Richard M.

Discusses the effect of different storage conditions on the platelet (PLT) functions. Demonstration that transfused human PLTs that have been stored at 4 degree Celsius are rapidly cleared from the circulation; Discussion on PLT variability and function; Statement that current apheresis PLTs have a much less significant storage lesion than products of years ago, owing to improvements in the materials and methods used in storage and collection.

BLOOD platelets; STORAGE; MEDICAL research; HEMAPHERESIS; BLOOD transfusion; TEMPERATURE

Transfusion, 2005, Vol 45, Issue 9, p1407

0041-1132

Academic Journal

10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00544.x