Potential Harm of Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion in Adult Dengue Patients.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:Thrombocytopenia is a hallmark of dengue infection, and bleeding is a dreaded complication of dengue fever. Prophylactic platelet transfusion has been used to prevent bleeding in the management of dengue fever, although the evidence for its benefit is lacking. In adult dengue patients with platelet count 50,000/mm3 and increasing length of hospitalization.