scholarly journals Recent advances in use of fresh frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, immunoglobulins, and clotting factors for transfusion support in patients with hematologic disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Prajeeda M. Nair ◽  
Matthew J. Rendo ◽  
Kristin M. Reddoch-Cardenas ◽  
Jason K. Burris ◽  
Michael A. Meledeo ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly L. West ◽  
Cory Adamson ◽  
Maureane Hoffman

Prophylactic fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) transfusion is often undertaken in hemodynamically stable patients with a minimally elevated international normalized ratio (INR) prior to invasive procedures, despite little evidence in support of this practice. The authors review the current literature in an attempt to clarify best clinical practice with regard to this issue. Although the activated partial thromboplastin time and prothrombin time–INR are useful laboratory tests to measure specific clotting factors in the coagulation cascade, in the absence of active bleeding or a preexisting coagulopathy, their utility as predictors of overall bleeding risk is limited. Several studies have shown an imperfect correlation between mild elevations in the INR and subsequent bleeding tendency. Furthermore, FFP transfusion is not always sufficient to achieve normal INR values in patients who have mild elevations (< 2) to begin with. Finally, there are risks associated with FFP transfusion, including potential transfusion-associated [disease] exposures as well as the time delay imposed by laboratory testing and transfusion administration prior to initiation of procedures. The authors propose that the current concept of a “normal” INR value warrants redefinition to make it a more meaningful clinical tool. Based on their review of the literature, the authors suggest that in a hemodynamically stable patient population there is a range of mildly prolonged INR values for which FFP transfusion is not beneficial, and is potentially harmful.


2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Sherri Ozawa ◽  
Tiffany Nelson

Management of patients receiving anticoagulants is a major factor in achieving better outcomes. Anticoagulant therapy may need to be discontinued or rapidly reversed before urgent surgery or invasive procedures. In these situations, treatment with concentrated vitamin K, fresh frozen plasma, and/or clotting factors can achieve more rapid anticoagulant reversal than can drug discontinuation alone. Activated prothrombin complex concentrate is used to treat hemophiliac patients with acquired factor VIII inhibitors. Nonactivated prothrombin complex concentrates are used for anticoagulant reversal. The concentrates are effective within minutes of dosing, providing a nearly immediate decrease in the international normalized ratio. The concentrates are lyophilized powders that can be quickly reconstituted, do not require ABO blood typing before use, and contain 25 times the concentration of vitamin K–dependent clotting factors compared with fresh frozen plasma. Studies suggest that the concentrates are associated with better clinical end points than is fresh frozen plasma.


2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (11) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
P. A. Vorobyev ◽  
A. P. Momot ◽  
L. S. Krasnova ◽  
A. P. Vorobiev ◽  
A. K. Talipov

Aim. Clinical characteristics of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in COVID-19 infection and assessment of the effectiveness of complex therapy for this syndrome at the stages of prevention and treatment of various complications. Materials and methods. The study of publications was carried out through search engines on the Internet using keywords. To diagnose the infection, the COVID-19 program was used on the MeDiCase platform, which is publicly available on www.medicase.pro, which suggests a diagnosis with a sensitivity of 89.47%. The study included 85 patients with acute COVID-19 with mild to moderate disease, aged 11 to 81 years. The presence of the pathogen was confirmed immunologically in 12% of patients; in other cases, the diagnosis was based on the results of an automated survey in the MeDiCase system. All patients, according to the MGNOT recommendations, were prescribed one of the oral direct anticoagulants - Eliquis at a dose of 5 mg 2 times a day, Ksarelto at a dose of 10 mg 2 times a day or Pradax at a dose of 110 mg 2 times a day for at least 2 weeks. All other drugs with antiviral, immunomodulatory effects, antibiotics were canceled. Results. The presence of DIC is substantiated by the morphological picture of changes in organs and tissues, clinical (hematoma-petechial type of bleeding in combination with thromboembolic syndrome and the presence of thrombovasculitis) and laboratory changes: an increase in the level of soluble fibrin-monomer complexes, D-dimer, hyperfibrinogenaemia, less often - thrombocytopenia, violation of fibrinolytic activity. The phenomenon of consumption of clotting factors and profuse bleeding are rare. Direct anticoagulants, fresh frozen plasma transfusions and plasmapheresis are used in the treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation. The paper presents its own positive results of early prescription at the outpatient stage of direct oral anticoagulants in prophylactic doses (no case of disease progression), individual cases of the use of fresh frozen plasma and plasapheresis. Conclusion. DIC syndrome with the development of thrombovasculitis is the most important pathogenetic mechanism for the development of microthrombotic and hemorrhagic disorders in organs during infection with COVID-19, leading to dysfunction of the lungs, brain and other nerve tissues, kidneys, thromboembolic complications, etc. Many symptoms of the disease may be associated with a violation of the nervous regulation of the functions of organs and systems. Prevention of thrombovasculitis is effective already at the stage of the first manifestation of the disease with the outpatient use of direct anticoagulants (oral, low molecular weight heparins). In case of more severe manifestations (complications) of the disease, additional use of freshly frozen plasma and plasmapheresis is effective.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Md Abul Kalam Azad ◽  
M Abdul Kader ◽  
M Abdul Jalil Chowdhury ◽  
Tofayel Ahmed

<p>In health there is a balance between the coagulation and anti-coagulation systems, but in disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) the coagulation mechanism is activated inappropriately and in a diffuse way. This may lead to thrombosis, but more often haemorrhage occurs when the clotting factors are exhausted. DIC may present as acute, subacute, and rarely chronic form. Here we present a case of chronic DIC following pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) as a consequence of repeated menstruation regulation (MR). We treated her with fresh frozen plasma, fresh blood, doxycycline with significant clinical improvement.</p><p>DOI: 10.3329/bsmmuj.v1i1.3696</p> <p><em>BSMMU J </em>2008; 1(1): 33-34</p>


2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (S 02) ◽  
pp. S15-S20 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Fries

SummaryWhen no fresh frozen plasma is available, acute major blood loss is compensated above all with crystalloids, colloids and red blood cell concentrates, meaning that all plasma clotting factors are diluted. So far, consumption coagulopathy is almost always accompanied by dilutional coagulopathy. Formulas for calculating critical blood loss and standard coagulation tests are often not helpful in the case of massive transfusion. On the other hand, systems suitable for point of care, such as thrombelastography, have important advantages. In the case of consumption and dilutional coagulopathy plasma coagulation is disturbed and critical values are first seen for fibrinogen. Not only is fibrin polymerization impaired by the bleeding-induced loss and dilution of fibrinogen, but also by interaction with artificial colloids, particularly hydroxyethyl starch and gelatin preparations. Neither fresh frozen plasma therapy nor treatment with clotting factor concentrates has been the subject of detailed clinical study. Large scaled studies are needed to work out guidelines for coagulation management in the case of massive blood loss.


1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (03) ◽  
pp. 477-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Makris ◽  
Mike Greaves ◽  
Wendy S Phillips ◽  
Steve Kitchen ◽  
Frits R Rosendaal ◽  
...  

SummaryHaemorrhage, including intracranial bleeding, is a common, potentially lethal complication of warfarin therapy and rapid and complete reversal of anticoagulation may be life-saving. Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and vitamin K are most frequently administered. Because of the variable content of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors in FFP, and the effects of dilution, the efficacy of this approach is open to doubt. We have therefore compared the effects of FFP and clotting factor concentrates on the INRs and clotting factor levels of orally anticoagulated subjects requiring rapid correction of their haemostatic defect. In many, the pre-treatment INR was considered to be dangerously above the target therapeutic range. In the 12 patients given FFP, the INR did not completely correct (range 1.6-3.8, mean 2.3) indicating an ongoing anticoagulated state in all. In contrast, the INR in 29 subjects given clotting factor concentrates was completely corrected in 28 (range 0.9-3.8, mean 1.3). Following treatment, marked differences were observed in clotting factor IX levels between the two groups. The median factor IX level was 19 u/dl (range 10-63) following FFP infusion and 68.5 u/dl (range 31-111) following concentrate. In FFP treated patients, poorer responses were also observed for each of the other vitamin K-depen- dent clotting factors but these were less marked than for factor IX, which was present in low concentrations in some batches of FFP. Thus, haemostatically effective levels of factor IX cannot be achieved, in most instances, by the conventional use of FFP in patients requiring reversal of their anticoagulant therapy. Clotting factor concentrates are the only effective option where complete and immediate correction of the coagulation defect is indicated in orally anticoagulated patients with life or limb-threatening haemorrhage.


Author(s):  
М. Глотов ◽  
А. Биркун ◽  
Е. Рябикина ◽  
С. Самарин ◽  
М. Федосов

Острая массивная кровопотеря (ОМК) остается тяжелым осложнением с высокой летальностью. Центральное место в танатогенезе этого состояния занимают нарушения коагуляции. ДВС-синдром и дилюционная коагулопатия часто осложняют ОМК и приводят к развитию полиорганной недостаточности. В статье рассмотрены современные подходы к назначению гемостатических средств при ОМК, принятые на территории РФ. Базисными препаратами для лечения ОМК являются свежезамороженная плазма, тромбоцитный концентрат, криопреципитат, отдельные факторы свертывания крови, препараты кальция и транексамовая кислота. Правильное использование этих средств предполагает адекватный мониторинг коагуляции. Acute massive blood loss (AMBL) remains to be a severe complication with high mortality rate. Coagulation disorders take central place in tanatogenesis of this condition. DIC-syndrome and dilutional coagulopathy are often complicated by AMBL and lead to development of multiple organ failure. This article presents current approaches that are accepted in Russian Federation of hemostatic drugs prescription in AMBL treatment. Fresh frozen plasma, platelet concentrate, cryoprecipitate, some clotting factors, calcium and tranexamic acid are basic drugs for AMBL treatment. Adequate coagulation monitoring is required for correct use of these drugs.


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