Evaluating the appropriateness of fresh frozen plasma transfusions in two tertiary teaching hospitals

Despite efforts to standardise practice using evidence‐based guidelines, fresh frozen plasma (FFP) remains the blood component most frequently prescribed inappropriately. This study assessed the appropriateness of FFP transfusion in two tertiary teaching hospitals and analysed the characteristics of appropriate and inappropriate transfusions.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Transfusion Medicine

• Publication date

  2025-05-27

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/tme.13142PMID 40426332PMCID 12722198
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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