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Successful use of recombinant factor VIIa for emergency fasciotomy in a patient with hemophilia A and high-titer inhibitor unresponsive to factor VIII inhibitor bypassing activity.

Watts RG

Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA. rwatts@peds.uab.edu

We report a patient with hemophilia A and high-titer factor VIII inhibitor who developed compartment syndrome of his forearm following trauma. Emergency fasciotomy was performed. Initial hemostatic treatment with factor VIII inhibitor bypassing activity (FEIBA) was unsuccessful. Bleeding was controlled with recombinant factor VIIa.

Published 28 April 2005 in Am J Hematol, 79(1): 58-60.
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