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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (ET)
SPEAKERSMark Yazer, MD, University of Pittsburgh
DESCRIPTION
If it's yellow and isn't a platelet concentrate then it's plasma. Although fresh frozen plasma (FFP) has been the traditional plasma product, a modern blood bank will have also several other varieties of plasma that can be used to reverse a significant coagulopathy in a bleeding patient or one about to undergo an invasive procedure. If FFP is thawed but not used it can be used for up to 5 days if it is stored at 1-6C. This product is conveniently known as thawed plasma. Another plasma preparation is plasma frozen within 24 hours after phlebotomy (commonly abbreviated FP24); the use of FP24 is on the rise as many blood centers prepare plasma from male donors exclusively to reduce the risk of TRALI. This teleconference will discuss these plasma products in detail and describe evidence based approaches to their use.
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