title: Platelet transfusion.
abstract: The statement printed below was agreed at a consensus conference on platelet transfusion organised by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and held in Edinburgh in November 1997. We publish this statement at the request of the organising committee to bring it to the attention of physicians who do not read the haematological literature. The statement will also appear in the British Journal of Haematology in 1998 with the scientific evidence upon which it is based.
mesh_terms: D001791:Blood Platelet Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D017713:Platelet Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011786:Quality Control; D006113:United Kingdom