Cryoprecipitate

Cryoprecipitate is a blood product manufactured by warming fresh frozen plasma. Each 15 mL unit contains about 100 U of factor VIII, 250 mg of fibrinogen, and other clotting factors including IX, VIIaand von Willebrand's factor.

Indications for giving cryroprecipitate include:

• Haemophilia
• von Willebrands's disease
• hypofibrinogenaemia(low fibrinogenlevels), as can occur with massive transfusions
• bleeding from excessive anticoagulation
• massive haemorrhage
• disseminated intravascular coagulation

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