Recombinant factor VIIa reduces transfusion requirements in liver transplant patients with high MELD scores

Transfusion Medicine
Claus NiemannRyutaro Hirose

Abstract

Patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) often experience significant coagulopathy and remain at risk for excessive blood loss and massive transfusion. The ability of recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) to reduce transfusion requirements during OLT has not been well established. This retrospective study investigates whether rFVIIa reduces transfusion requirements in liver transplant patients with a significantly prolonged prothrombin time (PT) and a model of end-stage liver disease (MELD) score of > 20. Eleven patients received a single dose of rFVIIa (58 +/- 18 microg kg(-1)) at the time of incision. This group was matched with a selected control group that fulfilled all of the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Patient characteristics, pre-operative PT, HCT, PLT and MELD were identical between groups. Prophylactic application of rFVIIA reduced packed red blood cells (3.9 +/- 2.6 versus 6.9 +/- 2.3 U, P = 0.01) and fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) (12.6 +/- 6 versus 19.8 +/- 7 U, P = 0.018) transfusion requirements when compared with the control group. FFP administration in the first 24 h after surgery was also significantly less in the rVIIa group when compared with the control group (388 +/- 385 versus 1225 +/- 701 mL, P ...Continue Reading

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