‘Yellow’ Blood Products Come With VTE Risk, Study Finds
SAN FRANCISCO — Surgeons should be extremely judicious in ordering fresh frozen plasma (FFP) as part of perioperative blood transfusions, suggested a nationwide analysis reported here. Post-operative rates of both venous thromboembolism (VTE) and mortality were significantly higher in patients receiving FFP along with red blood cells, relative to those transfused only with red cells, […]