PRO: Prothrombin Complex Concentrate Should Be Used in Preference to Fresh Frozen Plasma for Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgical Patients

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Apr;32(2):1062-1067. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.05.044. Epub 2017 May 30.

Authors

Himani V Bhatt¹, Kathirvel Subramaniam²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: Himani.bhatt@mountsinai.org.

PMID: 29336960
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.05.044

No abstract available

Keywords: bleeding; cardiac surgery; fresh frozen plasma; hemostasis; prothrombin complex concentrate.

MeSH terms

Blood Coagulation Factors / therapeutic use*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass / adverse effects
Hemostasis
Hemostatic Techniques*
Humans
Plasma*

Substances

Blood Coagulation Factors
prothrombin complex concentrates