Impact-R<\/a> as a diagnostic and monitoring tool for platelet function is feasible as was concluded by Horvath, et.al.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Platelet apheresis concentrates are an invaluable blood product in the treatment of many disorders involving platelet deficiency. Congenital diseases such as Glanzmann\u2019s thrombasthenia, Platelet type von Willebrand disease, and May-Heggelin anomaly, as well as acquired diseases such as Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever rely on platelet transfusions. A previous article focused on the testing of platelet concentrates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[111,142,70,76,50,112],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usage-of-impact-r","tag-apheresis","tag-glanzmann-thrombasthenia","tag-impact-r","tag-platelet-concentrate","tag-platelet-function","tag-transfusion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impact-r.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>A previous article <\/a>focused on the testing of platelet concentrates as they are stored in the laboratory facility. A study by Horvath, et.al.<\/a>, however, tested the patient\u2019s blood for platelet function after a platelet transfusion has been done. In many cases, the effect of a platelet transfusion is quantified as an increase in the platelet count and not the platelet function.<\/p>\n