Lowering the platelet count threshold to 40x10<sup>9</sup>/L for lumbar puncture: can this represent a generalized approach? Comment on: “40 is the new 50: reducing the need for platelet transfusions prior to lumbar puncture in adults with hematologic malignancies”

Ahmet Emre Eşkazan

doi:10.3324/haematol.2025.287868

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Lowering the platelet count threshold to 40x10⁹/L for lumbar puncture: can this represent a generalized approach? Comment on: “40 is the new 50: reducing the need for platelet transfusions prior to lumbar puncture in adults with hematologic malignancies”

Ahmet Emre Eşkazan

Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul

Haematologica Early view Apr 3, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2025.287868

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