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Volume 34 Issue 3 (2008)
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	Treatment of Diffuse Pulmonary Hemorrhage with Factor VIIa (Page 315)
	Jens Schreiber, Frank Lautenschlaeger, Stefan Breuer, Joachim Zagrodnick, Reiner Kachel, Reinhard Schueck
	Abstract:
	Blunt thoracic trauma resulting in lung contusion with severe diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage and massive hemoptysis is rare and has a poor prognosis. Treatment options are limited. We report a case of the successful use of recombinant activated factor VII (NovoSevenTM) in the treatment of life-threatening diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage secondary to an isolated blunt force thoracic injury without relevant traumatic coagulopathy.