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Type
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Facts
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Uses
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Whole blood
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- Rarely used unless more than 25% of total blood volume is lost
- Available in 500 mL bags
- Avoid if fluid overload is a concern
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- Hemorrhage
- Trauma
- Major burns
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Packed Red Blood Cells
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- Prepared by removing 90% of plasma around cells and adding anticoagulant
- Available in 250 mL bags
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Granulocytes
Or
White Blood Cells
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- Gram-negative sepsis
- Progressive soft tissue infection
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Fresh Frozen Plasma
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- Prepared by separating plasma from the red blood cells and freezing it within 6 hours of collection
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- Hemorrhage
- Expansion of plasma volume
- Replace specific clotting factors
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Factor VIII
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- Insoluble portion of plasma recovered from fresh frozen plasma
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- Von Willebrand’s disease
- Factor VIII deficiency
- Hemophilia A
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Albumin
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- Extracted from plasma
- Contains albumin, globulin, and other proteins
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- Acute liver failure
- Burns
- Trauma
- Hemolytic disease of neonates
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Platelets
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- Used in patients who have received multiple transfusions
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- Platelet dysfunction
- Thrombocytopenia
- Acute leukemia
- Bone marrow abnormalities
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