Research Article

Stability of Thawed Apheresis Fresh-Frozen Plasma Stored for up to 120 Hours at 1°C to 6°C

Table 1

Stability of coagulation parameters in ACD-FFPA.

TESTTime of refrigerated storage (hours)
024120

FV (IU/mL)0.971 ± 0.180.864 ± 0.15 (89)0.806 ± 0.15 (83)
FVII (IU/mL)1.08 ± 0.220.955 ± 0.19 (88)0.904 ± 0.16 (84)
FVIII (IU/mL)1.73 ± 0.461.07 ± 0.30 (62)0.786 ± 0.23 (45)
Fibrinogen (grams/L)2.79 ± 0.502.76 ± 0.45 (99)2.77 ± 0.47 (99)
PT (seconds)13.1 ± 0.6213.7 ± 0.53 (105)14.1 ± 0.53 (108)

Values are reported as the mean ± one standard deviation; and versus 0 hours value for each parameter. Parenthetical values are the activity or clotting time at time as a percentage of that at time .