Platelet transfusion

A treatment for newborns with very low platelet counts that ideally uses HPAHuman platelet antigen Proteins found on the surface of platelets. Incompatibility between maternal and fetal human platelet antigens can trigger FNAIT.-compatible or washed maternal plateletsWashed maternal platelets Platelets collected from the mother and washed to remove plasma. Often used for transfusion in newborns when matched donor platelets are unavailable..