Acquired hemophilia: A rare but life-threatening potential cause of bleeding in the intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1240-1249

  Shander, Aryeh ^a   Walsh, Christopher E ^b   Cromwell, Caroline ^b  

^a ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies, neutralizing; Blood coagulation disorders; Hemophilia A

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DESMOPRESSIN; DIMER; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RITUXIMAB;

ACQUIRED HEMOPHILIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; FEVER; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOPHILIA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; URTICARIA; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VOMITING; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR VII; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79961021745     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2258-5     Document Type: Review

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