Figure 2

Survival in those patients in the randomized trial of washed (n = 12) versus unwashed (n = 10) platelet transfusions ≤50 years of age is plotted by the Kaplan-Meier method. Those in the washed group had significantly better survival (p = 0.037 by logrank test). Two of the patients in the washed group were both alive and in remission at last recorded follow-up of 47 months. Two of the patients in the unwashed arm were both alive and in remission at last recorded follow-up of 116 months. At the minimum follow-up time of 41 months 9 of 12 patients in the washed arm were alive and in remission, as compared with 3 of 10 in the unwashed arm.