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A patient on chronic warfarin therapy presents with significant bleeding. Which of the following is the most appropriate immediate treatment to reverse warfarin's anticoagulant effect?

A Heparin
B Protamine sulfate
C Fresh frozen plasma
D Desmopressin

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

Fresh frozen plasma contains all clotting factors, including those inhibited by warfarin (II, VII, IX, X), providing the most rapid reversal of its anticoagulant effect in acute bleeding.

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