Effectiveness of pathogenreduced platelets transfusion to adult patients

We examine the results of transfusion of 956 platelet units for adult patients. Therapeutic transfusions are characterized by: - increased (by 13.3%) part of the first transfusions; - decreased (by 21.6%) platelet concentration before transfusion; - the lack of corrected count increment (CCI) correlation with the initial concentration of platelets. Direct correlation between CCI and the initial platelet concentration indicates a lack of consumption of transfused platelets and the possible redundancy of prophylactic transfusions. In spite of increased cellularity and reduced shelf life of apheresis platelet their clinical efficacy did not differ from pooled platelets.