Point-of-care platelet function testing for guided transfusion in neurosurgical management of intracranial hemorrhage: A systematic review

• Main Authors: Xu, Flora Wen Xin, Lim, Nicole-Ann, Sim, Ming Ann, Lean, Lyn Li, Loh, Ne-Hooi Will, Ng, Ka Ting, Chua, Vanessa Tze Yuh, Chew, Sophia Tsong Huey, Ti, Lian Kah
• Format: Article
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/41078/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Given the rising prevalence of antiplatelet therapy, rapid preoperative identification of patients with bleeding diathesis is necessary for the guidance of blood product administration. This is especially relevant in neurosurgery for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), where indiscriminate transfusions m...