Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation treated successfully with Recombinant Factor VIIa

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is a serious complication post stem cell transplantation with no proven definitive treatment, resulting in high mortality. Recombinant factor VIIa has been occassionaly used in such patients with good results. We report here a case who developed DAH following HSCT and was...

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Main Authors: Dharma Choudhary, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Nitin Gupta, Anil Handoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-08-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1855
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description Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage is a serious complication post stem cell transplantation with no proven definitive treatment, resulting in high mortality. Recombinant factor VIIa has been occassionaly used in such patients with good results. We report here a case who developed DAH following HSCT and was successfully treated with rVIIa. Recombinant factor VIIa should be considered earty in the management of DAH.
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spellingShingle Dharma Choudhary
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma
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Anil Handoo
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation treated successfully with Recombinant Factor VIIa
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
Stem cell transplantation
Recombinant factor VIIa
title Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation treated successfully with Recombinant Factor VIIa
title_full Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation treated successfully with Recombinant Factor VIIa
title_fullStr Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation treated successfully with Recombinant Factor VIIa
title_full_unstemmed Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation treated successfully with Recombinant Factor VIIa
title_short Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation treated successfully with Recombinant Factor VIIa
title_sort diffuse alveolar hemorrhage following allogeneic stem cell transplantation treated successfully with recombinant factor viia
topic Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage
Stem cell transplantation
Recombinant factor VIIa
url https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1855
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