Use of recombinant factor VIIa to correct the coagulation status of individuals with advanced liver disease prior to a percutaneous liver biopsy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1115-1119

  Sajjad, Shabbar ^a   Garcia, Moises ^a   Malik, Ahmed ^a   George, Magdalena M ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^b  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Liver biopsy; RFVIIa

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STUDENT T TEST;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; COAGULANTS; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 63949084496     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0753-0     Document Type: Article

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