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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Clin. 2017 Jan;33(1):15–36. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2016.08.007

Table 1.

Calculated parameters of fresh whole blood versus reconstituted whole blood with 1 PRBC unit (335 mL with hematocrit of 55%), 1 platelet unit (5.5 × 1010 platelets in 50 mL), and 1 FFP unit (80% coagulation factor activity).

Fresh whole blood 1:1:1 component therapy
Hematocrit (%) 38–50 29
Platelets (x 109/L) 150–400 88
Coagulation factor activity (%) 100 65