Whole blood
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Whole blood is human blood from a standard blood donation. It is used in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock, in exchange transfusion, and when people donate blood to themselves. One unit of whole bloo
A whole blood donation
Fresh frozen plasma
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Fresh frozen plasma is a blood product made from the liquid portion of whole blood. It is used to treat conditions in which there are low blood clotting factors or low levels of other blood proteins.
Whole blood
…Medicines. Whole blood is also used to make a number of blood products including red cell concentrates, platelet concentrates, cryoprecipitate, and fresh frozen plasma. Whole blood has similar risks to a transfusion of red blood cells and is typically cross-matched to avoid hemolytic transfusion reactions. The use of…
A bag containing one unit of fresh frozen plasma
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