Whole blood Sentence Examples

Plasma, fresh-frozen means the supernatant plasma separated from a whole blood donation or plasma collected by apheresis, frozen and stored.

The patient should be transfused with whole blood or plasma.

This treatment may be infusion with saline or plasma or a transfusion of whole blood.

Plasmapheresis-a process where whole blood is removed from the body, processed through a filtering system, and then returned to the body-may be used to filter phytanic acid from the blood.

The test is usually performed using a drop of whole blood obtained by finger puncture.

Point-of-care and home glucose monitors measure glucose in whole blood rather than plasma and are accurate generally within a range of glucose concentration between 40 and 450 mg/dL.

In addition, whole blood glucose measurements are generally 10 percent lower than serum or plasma glucose.

An eight-hour fast is required for the fasting plasma or whole-blood glucose test.

Transfusions of packed red blood cells or whole blood may also be used to replace blood volume and to stimulate the body's own production of red blood cells.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines childhood lead poisoning as a whole-blood lead concentration equal to or greater than 10 micrograms/dL.