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

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.

Himani V Bhatt et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Apr.

. 2018 Apr;32(2):1062-1067.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.05.044. Epub 2017 May 30.

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.

No abstract available

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

Comment in

Con: Factor Concentrate Usage in Cardiac Surgery-A Paucity of Data Limits Their Universal Adoption.
Raleigh L, Cole SP. Raleigh L, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Apr;32(2):1068-1071. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.05.005. Epub 2017 May 3. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018. PMID: 28943187 No abstract available.