Platelet Transfusion: Best Practice Guidelines

A central question in platelet transfusion is whether to follow a restrictive or liberal strategy in decisions about which patients should receive platelets. Author Ryan Metcalf, MD, University of Utah, discusses new clinical guidelines for platelet transfusion and more with JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD. Related Content: Platelet Transfusion https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... Red Blood Cell Transfusion in the Intensive Care Unit https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes to Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... Red Blood Cell Transfusion https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... Trends in Red Blood Cell, Plasma, and Platelet Transfusions in the United States, 1993-2014 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... Podcast was originally published on May 29, 2025. https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learnin... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow JAMA Clinical Reviews on: Youtube:    • JAMA Clinical Reviews   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/229VuDi... Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/3ghw Your podcast app of choice: https://pod.link/1027430378 Website: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more from JAMA • https://www.jama.com •   / jamajournal   •   / jama_current   •   / jamanetwork   Follow the JAMA Network • https://www.jamanetwork.com • http://www.jamanetworkaudio.com •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork