Rethinking the need for a platelet transfusion threshold of 50 × 109 /L for lumbar puncture in cancer patients.

Helen H ChungSejal MorjariaJohn FrameMichael RileyAllen W ZhangSteven C MartinAnkush BhatiaMaly FenelusFamatta FallahFaye InumerablesCheryl Goss

Published in: Transfusion (2020)

Patients with platelet counts less than 50 × 109 /L did not have a higher incidence of clinically significant post-lumbar puncture complications (P = .29).

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