title: Dose requirement for replacement therapy in hemophilia A.
abstract: In order to determine the correlation between different doses of F. VIII and their clinical effect, 70 children with severe hemophilia A were studied after treatment with single doses of cryoprecipitate. The relationship between plasma F. VIII levels or doses calculated in u/kg of body weight and clinical results followed an exponential curve. Plasma F. VIII levels of 0.35 and 0.53 u/ml corresponded to 95 and 99% satisfactory treatment, respectively. Similar clinical results were obtained with 20 and 31 u/kg. When the in vivo recovery of F. VIII after lyophilized cryoprecipitate was 0.015 u/ml for each u/kg injected, plasma F. VIII levels of 0.30 and 0.47 u/ml respectively were achieved. Since home treatment is largely based on single infusions of F. VIII, it is suggested that moderate and severe hemorrhages be treated with a dose which will provide a plasma F. VIII level of 0.5 u/ml.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D002648:Child; D003450:Cryoglobulins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003450:Cryoglobulins; D005169:Factor VIII