Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

link] ) Laboratory Evaluation: Clinical presentation and laboratory findings can help suggest TTP in the emergency department. Joly, 2017; Sawler, 2020) Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) (contains ADMTS-13) may be used to supplement ADAMTS-13 if there is a delay in initiating TPE in the emergency department (i.e.

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Plasma Frozen Plasma Emergency Department FFP 246

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

In 2021, Evans and colleagues (1) compared adolescent mortality rates in adult, children’s and mixed major trauma centres across the UK. In 2021, Kulvatunyou, Bauman and colleagues compared the insertion of traditional 28-32Fr chest tubes with 14Fr pigtail catheters for drainage of traumatic haemothorax. Is he going to be OK?

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E-9-1-1 FFP Plasma Emergency Department 139

EMDocs

JUNE 12, 2024

FFP and platelets also contain citrate. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Mar;41:104-109. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):396-402. Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med J. grams of citrate per unit. Any transfused blood product can reduce active Ca in the serum.

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ALS FFP Plasma Emergency Department 89

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Fresh frozen plasma, or FFP, should only be given to cirrhotic patients as part of the massive transfusion protocol in cases of profound hypotension, as “patients with cirrhosis rarely have true enzymatic hypocoagulability, and FFP may worsen bleeding due to over-resuscitation and dilution of coagulation factors.” Acad Emerg Med.

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Frozen Plasma FFP ALS Plasma 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 28, 2024

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327224 Six-year-old Rhaenyra is brought into the emergency department after being hit by a car. Major haemorrhage protocols typically include a mixture of packed red blood cells (pRBCs), platelets, and fresh frozen plasma (FFP). Published Online First: 24 June 2024. 2022;12(5):e057780.

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Frozen Plasma FFP Plasma ALS 72