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Cryoprecipitate as a reliable source of fibrinogen replacement. 1979

P M Ness, and H A Perkins

The recent withdrawal of commercial fibrinogen from the market makes alternate sources most important. Although it has been previously reported that single-donor cryoprecipitate contains appreciable amounts of fibrinogen, most clinicians need to be reminded of the reliability of cryoprecipitate for replacement of both fibrinogen and factor VIII. We assayed fibrinogen from 88 bags of cryoprecipitate prepared by five different blood banks in California and Oregon; we found that the average bag of cryoprecipitate contains at least 250 mg of fibrinogen depending on the volume of plasma processed. Cryoprecipitate was found to be a poor source of factors II, V, IX, X, XI, and XII.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007880	Legislation, Drug	Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs.	Drug Laws,Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act,Narcotic Laws,Drug Legislation,Drug Law,Law, Drug,Law, Narcotic,Laws, Drug,Laws, Narcotic,Narcotic Law
D011232	Chemical Precipitation	The formation of a solid in a solution as a result of a chemical reaction or the aggregation of soluble substances into complexes large enough to fall out of solution.	Precipitation, Chemical
D001779	Blood Coagulation Factors	Endogenous substances, usually proteins, that are involved in the blood coagulation process.	Clotting Factor,Coagulation Factors,Blood Coagulation Factor,Clotting Factors,Coagulation Factor,Coagulation Factor, Blood,Coagulation Factors, Blood,Factor, Coagulation,Factors, Coagulation,Factor, Blood Coagulation,Factor, Clotting,Factors, Blood Coagulation,Factors, Clotting
D003080	Cold Temperature	An absence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably below an accustomed norm.	Cold,Cold Temperatures,Temperature, Cold,Temperatures, Cold
D005169	Factor VIII	Factor VIII of blood coagulation. Antihemophilic factor that is part of the factor VIII/von Willebrand factor complex. Factor VIII is produced in the liver and acts in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. It serves as a cofactor in factor X activation and this action is markedly enhanced by small amounts of thrombin.	Coagulation Factor VIII,Factor VIII Clotting Antigen,Factor VIII Coagulant Antigen,Factor VIII Procoagulant Activity,Thromboplastinogen,Blood Coagulation Factor VIII,F VIII-C,Factor 8,Factor 8 C,Factor Eight,Factor VIIIC,Hyate-C,Hyatt-C,F VIII C,Hyate C,HyateC,Hyatt C,HyattC
D005340	Fibrinogen	Plasma glycoprotein clotted by thrombin, composed of a dimer of three non-identical pairs of polypeptide chains (alpha, beta, gamma) held together by disulfide bonds. Fibrinogen clotting is a sol-gel change involving complex molecular arrangements: whereas fibrinogen is cleaved by thrombin to form polypeptides A and B, the proteolytic action of other enzymes yields different fibrinogen degradation products.	Coagulation Factor I,Factor I,Blood Coagulation Factor I,gamma-Fibrinogen,Factor I, Coagulation,gamma Fibrinogen
D006467	Hemophilia A	The classic hemophilia resulting from a deficiency of factor VIII. It is an inherited disorder of blood coagulation characterized by a permanent tendency to hemorrhage.	Factor VIII Deficiency,Hemophilia,Autosomal Hemophilia A,Classic Hemophilia,Deficiency, Factor VIII,Factor 8 Deficiency, Congenital,Factor VIII Deficiency, Congenital,Haemophilia,Hemophilia A, Congenital,Hemophilia, Classic,As, Autosomal Hemophilia,Autosomal Hemophilia As,Classic Hemophilias,Congenital Hemophilia A,Congenital Hemophilia As,Hemophilia A, Autosomal,Hemophilia As,Hemophilia As, Autosomal,Hemophilia As, Congenital,Hemophilias, Classic
D006505	Hepatitis	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER.	Hepatitides
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000347	Afibrinogenemia	A deficiency or absence of FIBRINOGEN in the blood.	Fibrinogen Deficiency,Afibrinogenemia, Congenital,Congenital Afibrinogenaemia,Congenital Afibrinogenemia,Deficiency, Fibrinogen,Familial Afibrinogenemia,Hypofibrinogenemia, Congenital,Afibrinogenaemia, Congenital,Afibrinogenaemias, Congenital,Afibrinogenemia, Familial,Afibrinogenemias,Afibrinogenemias, Congenital,Afibrinogenemias, Familial,Congenital Afibrinogenaemias,Congenital Afibrinogenemias,Congenital Hypofibrinogenemia,Congenital Hypofibrinogenemias,Familial Afibrinogenemias,Fibrinogen Deficiencies,Hypofibrinogenemias, Congenital