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Descriptor English: Plasma
Descriptor Spanish: Plasma
Descriptor plasma
Entry term(s) plasma fresco congelado
plasma sanguíneo
Scope note: Parte líquida, incolora y acuosa de la linfa y de la sangre en la que se hallan suspendidos los leucocitos, los eritrocitos y las plaquetas. No contiene células y está constituido por agua, electrolitos, proteínas, glucosa, grasas, bilirrubina y gases. Es fundamental para el transporte de las células sanguíneas a través del sistema circulatorio, para el transporte de nutrientes, para el mantenimiento del equilibrio acidobásico del cuerpo y para el transporte de productos de desecho procedentes de los tejidos. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.973)
Descriptor Portuguese: Plasma
Descriptor French: Plasma sanguin
Entry term(s): Blood Plasma
Blood Plasmas
Fresh Frozen Plasma
Fresh Frozen Plasmas
Frozen Plasma, Fresh
Frozen Plasmas, Fresh
Plasma, Blood
Plasma, Fresh Frozen
Plasmas
Plasmas, Blood
Plasmas, Fresh Frozen
Tree number(s): A12.207.152.693
A12.207.270.695
A15.145.693
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010949
Scope note: The residual portion of BLOOD that is left after removal of BLOOD CELLS by CENTRIFUGATION without prior BLOOD COAGULATION.
Annotation: restrict to plasma for transfusions or plasma when compared with serum or blood cells or whole blood; substances in plasma = /blood, not PLASMA; policy: Manual 21.47, 25.14.5; for entry term FRESH FROZEN PLASMA do not coordinate with FREEZING or BLOOD PRESERVATION; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
VI virology
Related: Serum MeSH
DeCS ID: 11383
Unique ID: D010949
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Plasma - Preferred
Concept UI M0016977
Scope note The residual portion of BLOOD that is left after removal of BLOOD CELLS by CENTRIFUGATION without prior BLOOD COAGULATION.
Preferred term Plasma
Entry term(s) Blood Plasma
Blood Plasmas
Plasma, Blood
Plasmas
Plasmas, Blood
Fresh Frozen Plasma - Narrower
Concept UI M0016976
Scope note Freshly frozen PLASMA after the removal of PLATELETS.
Preferred term Fresh Frozen Plasma
Entry term(s) Fresh Frozen Plasmas
Frozen Plasma, Fresh
Frozen Plasmas, Fresh
Plasma, Fresh Frozen
Plasmas, Fresh Frozen



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