Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 49 No. 3, 2010.
Other
Reversal of Thrombocytopenia and Bleeding Tendency in a Preterm Neonate with Recombinant Activated Factor VII: Case Report
Jasminka Jakobović
Diana Butković
Ljiljana Popović
Dubravka Bartolek
Milan Stanojević
Zoran Barčot
Abstract
A male neonate, born at 26 weeks of postmenstrual age, with intracranial hemorrhage grade IV and thoracic drainage for artificial tension pneumothorax on day 6 of his life is presented. Despite prior transfusions, the preprocedural hemogram showed marked anemia and thrombocytopenia. To reverse thrombocytopenia and to avoid volume overload, the patient was administered 110 μg kg-1 of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVII a) and drainage of the pneumothorax was performed uneventfully.
Keywords
Thrombocytopenia – diagnosis; Thrombocytopenia – etiology; Factor VII – therapeutic use; Recombinant proteins – therapeutic use; Infant, premature; Case report
Hrčak ID:
84732
URI
Publication date:
14.9.2010.
Visits: 1.205 *