Medical Uses
Recombinant factor VIIa is used for people with hemophilia (with Factor VIII or IX deficiency) who have developed inhibitors against replacement coagulation factor.
It has also been used in the setting of uncontrollable hemorrhage, but its role in this setting is controversial with insufficient evidence to support its use outside of clinical trials. The first report of its use in hemorrhage was in an Israeli soldier with uncontrollable bleeding in 1999. Risks of its use include an increase in arterial thrombosis.
Recombinant human factor VII while initially looking promising in intracerebral hemorrhage falled to show benefit following further study and this is no longer recommended.
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