Prophylactic platelet transfusion and risk of bleeding associated with ultrasound-guided central venous access in patients with severe thrombocytopenia.
Virginia ZaramaJorge Revelo-NogueraJaime A QuinteroRamiro ManzanoFrancisco L Uribe-BuriticáDaniel F CarvajalLaura M OchoaAndrea Valencia-OrozcoÁlvaro I SánchezGustavo A Ospina-TascónPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)
In this single-center retrospective cohort study of ultrasound-guided central venous access in patients with very low PLT counts, no major bleeding was identified, and prophylactic PLT transfusions did not significantly decrease minor bleeding events.