Prophylactic plateletpheresis and blood transfusions were given over an eight-month period, and the patient's platelet count and periodic pancytopenia were being monitored. Platelets are collected from whole blood donations and through a special machine method of collection called plateletpheresis.
IPO. Independent practice organization A legal entity in the US, in which physicians and/or dentists enter an arrangement to provide services through an entityâeg, a prepaid health plan, while maintaining their own private practices.
At this point, the private company has effectively become a publicly traded company. An RTO is also known as a reverse merger or a reverse IPO. BREAKING DOWN 'Reverse Takeover - RTO' With this type of merger, the private company does not need to pay the expensive fees associated with arranging an IPO.