Clinical use of fresh-frozen plasma in neonatal intensive care unit.
Recommendations for FFP use in neonates are based on a very limited amount of data, and not on well-designed randomized controlled trials. This retrospective study was performed to analyze our experience with FFP use in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). From January 2006 until August 2011 a total of 80 neonates were identified as having been treated with FFP. The most common indication for FFP use was prolonged PT or aPTT, representing 32.8% of all usages of FFP. Following FFT treatment PT and aPTT normalized in 42% and 60% patients, respectively. Our results suggest that FFP were often used in acceptable indications in NICU.
Department of Neonatology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Nilgün
N
Altuntas
Idil
I
Yenicesu
Serdar
S
Beken
Ferit
F
Kulali
Fatma
F
Burcu Belen
Ibrahim Murat
IM
Hirfanoglu
Esra
E
Onal
Canan
C
Turkyilmaz
Ebru
E
Ergenekon
Esin
E
Koc
Yıldız
Y
Atalay
D016913:Blood Component Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies