Platelets (for transfusion)
Platelet transfusions are undertaken for numerous reasons, such as severe bleeding with low platelet counts, or dysfunctional platelets.
Tag bleeding
Red Cells
Human Red Cells are administered for significant anaemia, and to replace any medical, traumatic or surgical blood loss.
Pharm 101: Warfarin
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Warfarin: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
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Cryoprecipitate
Cryoprecipitate is prepared by thawing fresh frozen plasma (FFP) between 1°C and 6°C and recovering the precipitate
The cold-insoluble precipitate is refrozen.
Oozing from a Venepuncture Site
An approach to the patient with persistent bleeding from a venepuncture site
no retreat, no reversal…
the case. a 79 year old female returns to ED with left sided chest pain & dyspnoea. She was recently admitted following a fall with rib fractures (including a flail segment) and a small haemothorax.