Administration off label of recombinant factor-VIIa (rFVIIa) to patients with blunt or penetrating brain injury without coagulopathy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 663-668

  Zaaroor, M ^a   Soustiel, J F ^a   Brenner, B ^a   Bar Lavie, Y ^b   Martinowitz, U ^c   Levi, L ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c National Haemophilia Centre   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain contusion; Brain injury penetrating; Recombinant factor VIIa

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG LABELING; FACTOR VIIA; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 46649110325     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-1593-y     Document Type: Article

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