Liquid plasma

Q: What is Liquid Plasma? 

Answer: Liquid Plasma is plasma that has never been frozen. 

Liquid Plasma is separated and infused no later than five days after the expiration date of the whole blood from which it is prepared. It is stored at 1 to 6°C. 

Clinical use: It can be useful in early trauma management. There is weak evidence that "endotheliopathy" associated with severe trauma responds better to plasma that has never been frozen.

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Reference:

1. Matijevic N, Wang YW, Cotton BA, Hartwell E, Barbeau JM, Wade CE, Holcomb JB. Better hemostatic profiles of never-frozen liquid plasma compared with thawed fresh frozen plasma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jan;74(1):84-90; discussion 90-1