Successful use of recombinant factor VIIa for severe surgical liver bleeding in a 5 month-old baby.

Authors :: Barro C
Wrobleski I
Piolat C
Cartal M
Dyon JF
Jacquier C
Andrini P
Polack B
Pernod G
Source :: Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia [Haemophilia] 2004 Mar; Vol. 10 (2), pp. 183-5.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: A 5 month-old baby developed non-ceasing intra-peritoneal bleeding after extensive surgical biopsy for an hepatoblastoma. A single recombinant activated factor VII injection following enlarged hepatectomy helped to resolve quickly this life-threatening haemorrhagic syndrome.

Subjects :: Biopsy methods
Hemostasis, Surgical
Humans
Infant
Injections
Liver pathology
Male
Recombinant Proteins
Treatment Outcome
Coagulants therapeutic use
Factor VIIa therapeutic use
Hepatoblastoma surgery
Liver Neoplasms surgery
Postoperative Hemorrhage prevention & control

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1351-8216
Volume :: 10
Issue :: 2
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 14962209
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2516.2003.00845.x

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