INDICATIONS FOR PLATELET TRANSFUSION
1. Actively bleeding patient
2. Prevention of spontaneous bleeding
3. Predicting spontaneous bleeding
4. Leukemia and chemotherapy
- Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL)
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Chemotherapy for solid tumors
- Hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT)
- Aplastic anemia
5.Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)
6.TTP-HUS and HIT
7.Liver disease and DIC
8.Platelet function defects
- Inherited diseases
- Acquired conditions
- Antiplatelet agents
9.Massive blood loss
10.Cardiopulmonary bypass