Open AccessAdding to platelet safety and life: Platelet additive solutions
Author(s) -
Ankit Mathur,
Narasimha Swamy,
Samrat Thapa,
Santanu Chakraborthy,
Latha Jagannathan
Publication year - 2018
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_150_17
Subject(s) - medicine , platelet
Platelet additive solutions (PAS) are crystalloid nutrient media used in place of plasma for platelet storage. They replace 60%-70% of plasma in platelet components, so the amount of storage plasma can be decreased. Platelets in PAS have lower risk for allergic transfusion reactions with equivalent clinical efficacy for controlling bleeding.