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'''Fresh Frozen Plasma''' contains coagulation factors and plasma proteins. It can be stored  at -20 oC for up to a year. Its use is indicated in patients with Von Willebrand's disease, Haemophilia A ad B, [[Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation|Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation]], other [[ Coagulation Factor Deficiency|coagulation factor deficiencies]], hypoproteinaemia, acute [[Pancreatitis - Dog and Cat|pancreatitis]] and systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
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'''Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP)''' contains coagulation factors and plasma proteins. It can be stored  at -20 oC for up to a year. Its use is indicated in patients with Von Willebrand's disease, Haemophilia A ad B, [[Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation|Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation]], other [[ Coagulation Factor Deficiency|coagulation factor deficiencies]], hypoproteinaemia, acute [[Pancreatitis - Dog and Cat|pancreatitis]] and systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
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'''Stored Frozen Plasma'''
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'''Stored Frozen Plasma''' is  FFP that has been thawed and refrozen or FFP which is older than a yer old. It can be administered in patients with hypoproteinaemia but will have lost many of its coagulation factors and hence cannot be administered for coagulopathies.
    
'''Platelet Rich Plasma'''
 
'''Platelet Rich Plasma'''
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