Administration of Fibrinogen Concentrate during Cardiac Surgery Does Not Significantly Reduce Blood Loss Since fibrinogen plays a key role in hemostasis and it is rapidly depleted during cardiac surgery, many cardiac surgeons give… March 1, 2017
Prothrombin Complex Concentrates are Superior to Fresh Frozen Plasma for Urgent Warfarin Reversal Although warfarin is a common anticoagulant used to prevent blood clots and strokes, it is associated with major bleeding episodes… October 6, 2016
Blood from Younger Donors Does Not Affect Patient Survival after Transfusion Animal studies suggest blood from young donors may have rejuvenating effects for older patients. In a matched cohort study, researchers… February 10, 2016
VIDEO: Dabigatran Anticoagulation Reversal Today we will be discussing a new drug called idarucizumab, which was developed to reverse the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran…. August 30, 2015
Platelet Markers Associated with Bleeding in Immune Thrombocytopenia Patients Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients have a decreased number of platelets; however, not all patients have severe bleeding. A recently published… August 21, 2015
VIDEO: Platelet Rich Plasma Standards Are Needed Today we will be discussing platelet rich plasma or PRP. Autologous PRP injections are quite common and are used to… July 15, 2015
Plasma Transfusions in the United States As part of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III), plasma transfusion records from 10 US hospitals during… June 26, 2015
Model Predicts Convalescent Plasma Transfusions Will Save Ebola Patient Lives The World Health Organization has prioritized evaluating convalescent transfusions for the treatment of the Ebola virus disease. The exact therapeutic… April 10, 2015
VIDEO: The Proper Transfusion Ratio of Plasma, Platelets and Red Blood Cells in Trauma Patients Today we will be discussing the proper transfusion ratio of plasma, platelets and red blood cells for trauma patients. While the… February 28, 2015
Randomized Clinical Trial of FFP Transfusion for Coagulopathic Critically Ill Patients Transfusion guidelines recommend using fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) for patients with clotting factor deficiencies during major bleeding events. In addition, FFP… January 23, 2015
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