Thrombocytopenia and platelet transfusions in ICU patients: an international inception cohort study (PLOT-ICU).
Carl Thomas AnthonFrédéric PèneAnders PernerElie AzoulayKathryn PuxtyAndry Van De LouwAndreas Barrat-DueSanjay ChawlaPedro Castro-RebolloPaula FernandesLuís CoelhoVictoria MetaxaMatthias KochanekTobias LiebregtsThomas KanderJohanna HästbackaJo Bønding AndreasenEdwige PéjuChristine Lodberg HvasChristine Lodberg HvasEtienne DufrancEmmanuel CanetLinda LundqvistChristopher John WrightJulien SchmidtFabrice UhelHafid Ait OufellaMette KragElisabet Cos BadiaCándido Díaz-LagaresSophie MenatGuillaume VoiriotNiels Erikstrup ClausenKristian LorentzenReidar KvåleThomas HildebrandtAleksander Rygh HoltenKristian StrandAsterios TzalavrasMorten Heiberg BestlePål KlepstadSara FernandezDamien VimpereMaria Carolina PaulinoCarina GraçaCatherina LueckChristian Svendsen JuhlCarolina CostaPer Martin BådstøløkkenTeresa MirandaLia Susana Aires LêdoJoao Carlos Sousa TorresAnders GranholmMorten Hylander MöllerLene Russellnull nullPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2023)
Thrombocytopenia occurred in 43% of critically ill patients and was associated with worse outcomes including increased mortality. Platelet transfusions were given to 23% of patients with thrombocytopenia and most were prophylactic.