Prothrombin complex concentrate vs frozen plasma for coagulopathic bleeding in cardiac surgery

JAMA

2025-03-29

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this unblinded randomized clinical trial, prothrombin complex concentrate had superior hemostatic efficacy and safety advantages to frozen plasma among patients requiring coagulation factor replacement for bleeding during cardiac surgery.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Keyvan Karkouti, MD, email keyvan.karkouti@uhn.ca.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.3501)

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