Adding to platelet safety and life: Platelet additive solutions

Background: Platelet additive solutions (PAS) are crystalloid nutrient media used in place of plasma for platelet storage. They replace 60%–70% of plasma in platelet components, so the amount of storage plasma can be decreased. Platelets in PAS have lower risk for allergic transfusion reactions with...

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Main Authors: Ankit Mathur, Narasimha Swamy, Samrat Thapa, Santanu Chakraborthy, Latha Jagannathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
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Online Access:http://www.ajts.org/article.asp?issn=0973-6247;year=2018;volume=12;issue=2;spage=136;epage=140;aulast=Mathur