PURPOSE Signal encoding in magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is achieved by moving a field-free point (FFP) through the region of interest. One way to increase the sensitivity of the method is to scan the region of interest with a field-free line (FFL) instead of the FFP. Recently, the first feasible FFL coil setup was introduced. The purpose of this article is to improve the efficiency of the FF...

Upon the introduction of mandatory nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) testing in Germany for HCV, quarantining of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) was reduced in 2002 from 6 to 4 months. In 2004 HIV-1 NAT and in 2005 anti-HBc testing were introduced to further reduce the residual transmission risks for transfusion relevant viruses. After testing more than 40 million donations by HCV NAT it be...

Introduction: It is difficult to maintain fresh frozen plasma (FFP) at cryogenic temperatures during marine transportation, even with a power supply. Methods: In this study, without supply and below -30 °C, we used BioBoxes for transportation of coronavirus disease vaccines, two demonstration experiments involving round-trip FFP Hachijojima Island (200 km from Tokyo) Ogasawara (1,000 Tokyo). Re...

Previous studies have shown that patients with anticoagulation (warfarin)-associated intracerebral hemorrhage (WAICH) have poor outcome and greater mortality. The mechanisms by which warfarin worsens intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) outcome are not clearly defined and include larger hematoma volumes at presentation, ongoing bleeding leading to greater hematoma expansion, and greater age and burde...

This study was conducted to investigate the protection of disposable filtering half-facepiece respirators of different grades against particles between 0.093 and 1.61  μm. A personal sampling system was used to particle size-selectively assess the protection of respirators. The results show that about 10.9% of FFP2 respirators and 28.2% of FFP3 respirators demonstrate assigned protection factor...

Results 176 ‘Code Red’ activations were made in the 30 month period. Mechanism of injury was penetrating in 59 (33.5%), RTC related in 76 (43.2%), falls in 22 (12.5%) and ‘other’ in 19 (10.8%). 127 patients were received at our trauma centre and data was available in 92 patients. 29 (31.5%) died. Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 29.2 (mean) and 27 (median) overall. ISS was 22.9 (mean) and 25 (me...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) with cryopoor (CPP) to treat vitamin K-dependent factor deficiency in a canine vitro setting. DESIGN In laboratory study. SETTING University veterinary medical teaching hospital. ANIMALS Seven units FFP and 6 CPP from unique donors university blood bank. INTERVENTIONS Canine was adsorbed by oral barium sulfate suspension mimic coagu...

The mental health problems of parents can negatively affect their whole family. organisational and wider context may also influence the outcomes for all involved. aims this systematic review were: to develop a working definition family-focused practice (FFP); identify types that are measured with focus on service user experiences; explore how well interventions in included studies fit previousl...

BACKGROUND Recent military experience reported casualties who receive > 10 units of packed red blood cells (PRBC) in 24 hours have 20% versus 65% mortality when the fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) to PRBC ratio was 1:1 versus 1:4, respectively. We hypothesize a similar improvement in mortality in civilian trauma patients that require massive transfusion and are treated with a FFP to PRBC ratio closer...

BACKGROUND Trauma-induced coagulopathy is associated with an extremely high mortality. We have recently shown that survival can be improved by correction of coagulopathy through early, aggressive infusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP). However, FFP is a perishable product, and its use is impractical in challenging environments such as a battlefield. Development of shelf-stable, easy to use, low ...