title: Treatment of Diffuse Pulmonary Hemorrhage with Factor VIIa.
abstract: Blunt thoracic trauma resulting in lung contusion with severe diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage and massive hemoptysis is rare and has a poor prognosis. Treatment options are limited. We report a case of the successful use of recombinant activated factor VII (NovoSeven™) in the treatment of life-threatening diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage secondary to an isolated blunt force thoracic injury without relevant traumatic coagulopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. jens.schreiber@med.ovgu.de.|Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany. jens.schreiber@med.ovgu.de.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lautenschlaeger
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breuer
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zagrodnick
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology/Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany.
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kachel
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery/Thoracic Surgery, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany.
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schueck
keywords: Chest trauma; Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage; Factor VIIa; Lung contusion