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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfus Med Rev. 2011 Feb 23;25(2):102–110. doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2010.11.002

TABLE 2.

MEDIAN NUMBER OF TRANSFUSIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 12 MONTHS

Type of Transfusion PRIOR STUDY ASSIGNMENT*
STD-PC F-PC UVB-PC F-AP
Pooled Random Donor Platelets 24 54 48 45
Apheresis Platelets 3 5 3 3
RBC 10 16 15 8
*

STD-PC (standard, unmodified pooled platelet concentrates), F-PC (filtered pooled platelet concentrates), UVB-PC (UVB-irradiated pooled platelet concentrates), and F-AP (single donor filtered apheresis platelets).