Traumatic bleeding at birth treated with Factor VII.
We report 36 week gestation twins born following a traumatic delivery. Twin 2 had profuse haemorrhage where haemostasis was achieved with recombinant Factor VIIa (rFVIIa - NovoSeven;Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
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Kathryn A Browning
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Grace Centre for Newborn Care, Children's Hospital at Westmead and University of Sydney, Australia. kathryc4@chw.edu.au
O'Brien
Karen
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Teo
Juliana
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Schell
David
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D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D015942:Factor VIIa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D009772:Obstetrical Forceps / Q000009:adverse effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014427:Twins
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C103587:recombinant FVIIa; D015942:Factor VIIa