Plasma Transfused During Transport to Hospital Saves Lives in Trauma Patients Nearly 50,000 Americans die from severe injuries each year, mainly from severe hemorrhage within two hours after the injury…. July 31, 2018
Presence of Cell-free Nucleic Acids in Blood Products Cell-free nucleic acids (CFNAs) are often present in plasma. A new study tested whether CFNAs are also present and active… July 25, 2018
Costs are High for Administrating Blood Transfusions A recent micro-costing study in the United Kingdom suggests administration costs are high for blood transfusions. Researchers collected detailed data… April 11, 2018
New Plasma Transfusion Guidelines from the British Society of Haematology The British Society of Heamatology (BSH) recently published new guidelines for the use of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and cryoprecipitate… March 22, 2018
RBC and Plasma Transfusions Continue to Decline among US Hospitalizations Based on data from the National Inpatient Sample from 1993 through 2014, hospitalized patients receiving at least one unit of… February 27, 2018
Intrinsic Platelet Reactivity does not Affect Transfusion Outcome Platelet reactivity to agonists has been shown to be different between donors yet consistent within the same individual. Researchers in… July 20, 2017
Reversal of Direct Oral Anticoagulants: a Systematic Review Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), such as dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban, have many advantages over warfarin for treating patients with… July 12, 2017
Immune Plasma: A Promising Therapy to Treat Influenza Many observational and case studies have suggested that convalescent plasma may have a therapeutic role in the treatment of influenza… June 7, 2017
Liquid Plasma Acceptable for Severe Trauma Patients with Major Bleeding Recent studies have highlighted the importance of expeditious transfusion of plasma, platelets and red blood cells in a 1:1:1 ratio… March 16, 2017
New PLASMIC Scoring System to Help Diagnose Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare blood disorder caused by a lack of ADAMTS13 activity, which normally cleaves the… March 8, 2017
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