Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Kamal Aburokba

Publications

• Research Article
  The Effect of Platelet Transfusions on the Mortality in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  Author(s): Tariq Rushdi Mohieldeen Alsafadi, Saad Manzoor Hashemi, Shadi Noaman Garrada, Mohammad Hakim Albaloushi, Kamal Aburokba, Marwa Mohsin Bamihriz, Safinaz Abdullah Alharthi and Ashwaq Muslih AlsulamiTariq Rushdi Mohieldeen Alsafadi, Saad Manzoor Hashemi, Shadi Noaman Garrada, Mohammad Hakim Albaloushi, Kamal Aburokba, Marwa Mohsin Bamihriz, Safinaz Abdullah Alharthi and Ashwaq Muslih Alsulami
  
  Background: Platelet transfusions (PTs) currently are the only available treatment to thrombocytopenic neonates at risk of bleeding. There is much evidence indicates that increasing number of platelet transfusions administered to thrombocytopenic neonates increasing the mortality rate, but this association is controversial. Aims: The main aim of this study is to reveal if PTs increase the mortality in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Secondary outcomes include: 1. To identify most common causes and hemorrhagic manifestations of thrombocytopenic patients who received platelets. 2. Platelets count and mean platelets volume (MPV) changes after PTs. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: NICU at maternity and children hospital. Materials and Methods: Records review of all thrombocytopenic neonates who received PTs at any time during NICU stay from January 2006 till.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9864.1000287

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