Open AccessProphylactic administration of oral calcium carbonate during plateletpheresis: A bicentric prospective study
Author(s) -
Prashant Pandey,
Aseem Kumar Tiwari,
Nitin Agarwal,
Ravi C Dara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_114_17
Subject(s) - medicine , plateletpheresis , calcium , calcium carbonate , prospective cohort study , surgery , apheresis , platelet , chemical engineering , engineering
Administration of anticoagulant citrate and dextrose (ACD-A) chelates ionized calcium in blood and causes hypocalcemia in plateletpheresis donors. The aim of the study was to observe the effects of oral calcium (Ca) supplementation during plateletpheresis on various parameters related to calcium metabolism.