Recombinant factor VII as an adjunct to control of hemorrhage from chest trauma in a Jehovah's witness

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 818-819

  Bhullar, Indermeet S ^a   Braman, Robin ^a   Block, Ernest F J ^a  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; F8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LUNG CONTUSION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGEN SATURATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TUBE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; ETHICS; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPHILIA A; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; THORACIC INJURIES; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34848873380     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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