Plasma (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

Plasma

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Jason Sperry, M.D., UPMC trauma surgeon, holds a bag of plasma. Dr. Perry led a clinical trial that determined that two units of blood plasma given to trauma patients on a medical helicopter boosts their odds of survival by 10 percent.

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Tim Betler/UPMC

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