Platelet transfusion does not improve outcomes in patients with brain injury on antiplatelet therapy.
Jeremy L HolzmacherCassandra ReynoldsMayur PatelPatrick MalusoSeth HollandNathaniel GamskyHenry MooreElizabeth AcquistaMatthew CarrickRichard AmdurHeather HancockMichael MetzlerJulie DunnStephanie BoesePublished in: Brain injury (2018)
Platelet transfusion significantly decreases platelet inhibition due to aspirin but is not associated with change in outcomes in patients on APM following TBI.
Keyphrases
- antiplatelet therapy
- brain injury
- end stage renal disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- cardiac surgery
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- traumatic brain injury
- newly diagnosed
- low dose
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- cerebral ischemia
- sickle cell disease
- cardiovascular events
- acute kidney injury
- coronary artery disease
- skeletal muscle