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Composition of Blood Plasma

Composition of Blood Plasma

Blood plasma is a fluid that contains approximately 92% water and 8% solutes. The solutes include various types of proteins, which constitute about 7% of the total solutes in the plasma. The high-molecular-weight proteins—albumins, globulins, and fibrinogen—are essential to plasma function. Albumins, making up about 60% of the plasma proteins, maintain the osmotic balance within blood vessels by preventing excessive water leakage. Additionally, albumins serve as carrier proteins, binding to...

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Plasma components: FFP, FP24, and thawed plasma

A F Eder¹, M A Sebok

¹American Red Cross Biomedical Services, 2025 E Street NW,Washington, DC 20006, USA.

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|February 21, 2008

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