Abstract
Surgical intervention failed to stop life-threatening bleeding caused by injury complicated by severe coagulopathy. Administration of recombinant factor VIIa immediately corrected the coagulopathy and bleeding stopped.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Factor VIIa / therapeutic use*
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Hemorrhage / drug therapy*
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Hemorrhage / etiology
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Humans
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Male
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Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
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Wounds, Gunshot / complications*
Substances
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Recombinant Proteins
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Factor VIIa