a concentrated blood product containing proteins that help the blood clot was significantly more effective and caused fewer adverse effects than frozen plasma, the standard therapy, according to a ...

Clinical trial results published March 29 in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicate a potential shift in managing bleeding complications after major open-heart surgery.

CHICAGO, IL—A shelf-stable blood product may be a reasonable alternative to frozen plasma in cardiac surgery patients who experience bleeding, the FARES-II trial suggests. The four-factor prothrombin ...

The six-hour post-transfusion elevation in recipient serum bilirubin was 0.12 mg per 100 ml per unit of ACD blood given, 0.28 mg per 100 ml per unit of frozen-processed cells given and 0.07 mg per ...

This is looking at prothrombin complex concentrate, and now I'm going to call it PCC -- goodness, we're going to our acronyms full-scale this week it looks like -- versus frozen plasma for ...