Emergency Medicine Ireland

OCTOBER 28, 2020

There is a definitely a chance to shine and make the diagnosis. Treatment consists of: * PLEX – actual proper PLEX with plasma replacement as opposed to just washing out all the good stuff and giving albumin as replacement. This is form of MAHA (microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia).

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Critical Care Plasma FFP ICU 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

a) A balanced ratio of 1:1:1 (platelets: FFP: packed red cells) The PROPPR trial showed us that balanced ratios are important. This was a randomised controlled multisite study comparing resuscitation of trauma patients requiring massive transfusion using either 1:1::1 or 1:1:2 ratios of platelets to plasma to red blood cells.

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

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.”

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Frozen Plasma FFP ALS Plasma 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Surprisingly, there are different definitions of paediatric major haemorrhage, with no single agreed-upon definition. Many of these definitions are not useful in acutely bleeding children as they require measuring the amount of blood that was lost or transfused over prolonged periods. What is major haemorrhage?

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FFP Frozen Plasma Plasma ALS 72

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Cholera Case Definitions and Diagnosis.; GI symptoms, right upper quadrant abdominal pain, jaundice. ^ = AMB, a region of sub-Saharan Africa consisting of > 20 countries which have an unusually high incidence of bacterial meningitis and frequency of outbreaks; nearly half of global bacterial meningitis cases occur in the AMB.

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ED E-9-1-1 ALS Emergency Department 75