Granulocyte transfusions

Granulocyte transfusions.

Granulocyte transfusions: current status.

Since granulocyte transfusions first became widely used in clinical medicine, there have been advances in the treatment of acute leukemia and improvement in prevention and management of infection in neutropenic patients. Improved understanding now exists concerning prognosis of infections in such patients, and advances have been made in procurement of granulocytes. Granulocyte transfusions shou...

Therapeutic granulocyte transfusions in 1993.

ABC of Transfusion. Platelet and granulocyte transfusions.

Multiple.packs for collection of blood. Left to right: transfer pack containing optimal additive solution; primary pack containing 450 ml of blood in anticoagulant; and pack for collection of platelets with extended shelf ife. Transfusion of platelets and granulocytes may be needed for patients with life threatening thrombocytopenia and neutropenia caused by bone marrow failure. These may be th...

Infections in Oncology GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSIONS: TIME FOR A SECOND LOOK

The patient who is profoundly neutropenic and expected to remain so for an extended period of time is at high risk for a serious bacterial or fungal infection.[1,2] In approximately one third of episodes of fever and neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count <500 cells/mm>6), a diagnosis is documented, and of these, a small proportion is life threatening.[2,3] Successful therapy for documented inf...