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fresh frozen plasma

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fresh frozen plasma
n. Abbr. FFP
Blood plasma frozen within 6 hours of collection.
fresh frozen plasma
Etymology: ME, fresen, to be cold; Gk, plassein, to mold
an unconcentrated form of blood plasma containing all of the clotting factors except platelets. It can be used to supplement red blood cells when whole blood is not available for exchange transfusion or to correct a bleeding problem of unknown cause. It is also used to correct disseminated intravascular coagulation. See also plasma.
fresh frozen plasma
Therapeutics A blood component, separated from whole blood which provides 80-120 mg of fibrinogen and ≥ 80 units each of factors VIII and XIII Indications PT > 16 secs, acute liver decompensation, massive hemorrhage, transfusions where > 10 units of packed RBCs cause coagulation factor depletion; FFP is administered pre-operatively in Pts with coagulopathies–eg hemophilia B, in therapeutic apheresis, DIC, ITP, TTP, HDN


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