As whole blood derived platelet units typically contain 5.5 Ã 10 10 platelets, 4â6 units must be âpooledâ to make a dose. Many apheresis-derived platelet collections contain two or three times the required minimum of 3 Ã 10 11 platelets and thus are âsplitâ to make multiple platelet doses from a single collection. Read full chapter
A judicial panel is a set of judges who sit together to hear a cause of action, most frequently an appeal from a ruling of a trial court judge. Panels are used in contrast to single-judge appeals, and en banc hearings, which involves all of the judges of that court. Most national supreme courts sit as panels. In the United States, most federal appellate cases are heard by three-judge panels.
The Federal Circuit is unique among the courts of appeals as it is the only court that has its jurisdiction based wholly upon subject matter rather than geographic location. The Federal Circuit is an appellate court with jurisdiction generally given in 28 U.S.C. Â§ 1295. The court hears certain appeals from all of the United States District Courts, appeals from certain administrative agencies, and appeals arising under certain statutes. Among other things, the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction over appeals from: