Clinical use of fresh frozen plasma in neonatal intensive care unit
International Journal of Development Research
Clinical use of fresh frozen plasma in neonatal intensive care unit
Received 16th June, 2018; Received in revised form 21st July, 2018; Accepted 03rd August, 2018; Published online 29th September, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Eshrak Abass Hassan. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Fresh frozen plasma is the fluid portion of one unit of human blood that has been centrifuged separated and frozen solid at or colder with an eight hours of collection. The optional use of Fresh frozen plasma in a new born infants require a Careful consideration of indications, risks and benefits. Our study is performed to analyze our experience with fresh frozen plasma use in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of AL-Karkh maternity hospital from January 2014 to January 2016 a total of 75 neonates were identified as having been treated with fresh frozen plasma .The most indication of fresh frozen plasma use was prolonged PT or PTT representing 30% of all usage of fresh frozen plasma.
