Your patient has thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) but also needs a central line (CVC).We do not want to do harm to our patient and cause them a bleeding complication.But what is the magic platelet count to safely perform the procedure?The authors performed a multicenter randomized controlled trial with 338 patients to find out.Hat tip to …

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