A novel hemostatic agent: the potential role of recombinant activated factor VII (RFVIIa) in anesthetic practice.
This is an excellent literature review on the adjuvant use of rFVIIa in treating severe bleeding associated with surgical procedures in non-hemophiliac patients. It gives an overview of the mechanism of action of rFVIIa and its efficacy in patients with hemophilia, platelet dysfunction and liver disease. It also reviews its efficacy in managing bleeding in […]
Transfusion-transmitted virus in liver-transplanted children.
The article is also showing, what is already known, that TTV is transmitted by blood and transplants but that no pathogenicity of the virus could be proven yet. – V. Kretschmer.
