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Intraoperative Fluid Management and Blood Transfusion Essentials

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Platelet <strong>Transfusion</strong> Indications<br />

• Nonsurgical Pt: Plt Count < 20,000 (some<br />

say 10,000)<br />

• Surgical Pt: Plt Count < 50,000 prepreoperatively or intraoperatively<br />

• Platelet dysfunction (as in after<br />

cardiopulmonary bypass): potentially<br />

needed even if Plt count is 100,000, but<br />

seldom if higher than that

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