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cryoprecipitate

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cryoprecipitate /cryo·pre·cip·i·tate/ (-pre-sip´ĭ-tāt) any precipitate that results from cooling, sometimes specifically the one rich in coagulation factor VIII obtained from cooling of blood plasma.
cry·o·pre·cip·i·tate (kr-pr-sp-tt, -tt)
n.
A precipitate that forms when soluble material is cooled, especially a precipitate rich in factor VIII that is formed when normal blood plasma is cooled.
cryoprecipitate
[-prisip′itāt]
1 any precipitate formed on cooling of a solution.
2 a preparation rich in factor VIII needed to restore normal coagulation in hemophilia. It is collected from fresh human plasma that has been frozen and thawed.
cryoprecipitate [kri″o-pre-sip´ĭ-tāt]
any precipitate that results from cooling, sometimes specifically the one rich in coagulation factor VIII obtained from cooling of blood plasma and used in treatment of hemophilia A (see antihemophilic factor).
cryoprecipitate
any precipitate that results from cooling.
cryoprecipitate
'Cryo' Transfusion medicine A product derived from a unit of whole blood, which has a volume of 15 ml and provides 80 units of factor VIII:C procoagulant–for hemophilia A, factor VIII:vWF–von Willebrand's disease, factor XIII, fibronectin, fibrinogen–for DIC, dysfibrinogenemia
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Therefore, a majority of patients in Pakistan prefer to use plasma extracted from donated blood or cryoprecipitate, which is extracted from plasma.
Only men suffer from haemophilia, while women are carriers by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
There were no written directions for receiving, thawing, handling and issuing Cryoprecipitate AHF.
Craig General Hospital disregards SOPs by Mashaw, Rebecca / Validation Times
Common errors include (2): a) loss of cryoglobulins due to failure to properly separate serum from whole blood; b) loss of cryoprecipitate due to cooling before centrifugation; and c) inadequate volume of serum for testing of cryoglobulins present at low levels.
Overheated cryoglobulin sample by Baer, Daniel M. / Medical Laboratory Observer
 
 
 
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