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What Was in Those Platelets? AHRQ WebM&M icon
Yomtovian R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2008.
Following spinal surgeries, two different patients developed tachycardia, hypotension, and hypoxia due to sepsis. Given the similarity in clinical course, the hospital investigated and found that both patients had received platelets contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus.
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