Spontaneous liver hemorrhage during laparotomy for necrotizing enterocolitis: a potential role for recombinant factor VIIa.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Necrotizing enterocolitis remains a serious condition in very low birth weight infants, particularly in those infants who require surgery. Perioperative hemorrhage is a potentially fatal complication in this population. We describe our experience in 4 premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis who received recombinant factor VIIa to manage life-threatening intraoperative hemorrhage.
Medical subject headings
- Enterocolitis, Necrotizing
- Factor VIIa
- Hemorrhage
- Infant, Premature
- Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
- Intraoperative Complications
- Liver Diseases
- Recombinant Proteins