Titrated dose of drotrecogin alpha for liver transplant recipient

Drotrecogin alpha promotes anticoagulation by the inhibition of factors V and VIII, anti-inflammatory response is created through indirect tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibition, and fibrinolysis is via inhibition of plasminogen activator inhibitor. [5] in a septic patient with intestinal obstructio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of postgraduate medicine 2012-10, Vol.58 (4), p.330-331
Hauptverfasser: Saluja, V, Pandey, V, Pandey, C K, Singhal, A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Drotrecogin alpha promotes anticoagulation by the inhibition of factors V and VIII, anti-inflammatory response is created through indirect tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibition, and fibrinolysis is via inhibition of plasminogen activator inhibitor. [5] in a septic patient with intestinal obstruction. Because their patient could not tolerate the 24 μg/ kg/hr dose, 18 μg/kg/hr drotrecogin alpha was administered and that patient showed a favorable recovery.
ISSN:0022-3859
0972-2823
DOI:10.4103/0022-3859.105487