Successful Treatment of Polytraumatic Bleeding with Recombinant factor VII: A Case Report

Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) enhances haemostasis in individuals, with its predominant action limited to areas of injury, apparently without systemic activation of the coagulation cascade. We report here the successful use of rFVIIa in a patient with a history of polytrauma.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pramendra Agrawal, Radha Gupta, Ishwar Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-04-01
Series:The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum
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Online Access:http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/Trearment-Polytrauma-Bleeding-Recombinant-Factor-VII.pdf