Let’s see if you have what it takes to be a physician and answer this question about citrate

Ajouté : 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]Which of the following does not increase the risk of citrate toxicity? Is it A, hypothermia, B, hypoventilation, C, neonatal population, or D, transfusion of fresh frozen plasma?

[00:00:14]So, I am going to be honest with you. I went with D, transfusion of fresh frozen plasma, but the correct answer was B, hypoventilation. And to explain this, TrueLearn goes in to state that fresh frozen plasma actually has higher levels of citrate toxicity than red blood cell products, which was news to me and I feel bad that I didn't know that, but now I do because I'm studying every day and I'm learning every day. And now you know, if you didn't either, because it looks like about 31.5% of other people weren't sure. So, when you're transfusing fresh frozen plasma, you actually have a higher chance of causing citrate toxicity.