Consumption of fresh frozen plasma in medical treatment facilities of Grodno Province
A. Bogdanov was the founder and director of the first Institute of blood transfusion in the world, the author of the book “The Struggle for viability” (1927), in which the concepts of the stimulating role of blood transfusion were presented. The consumption of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) in Belarus three times exceeds the European standard. Taking into account the correlation between the transfused packed red blood cells and FFP it may be concluded that the above mentioned exceeding is even higher. Availability of some clinical guidelines on FFP use is of great importance for normalization of its consumption.