It is an emergency that may be precipitated by many causative factors, including the cancer cells or tumor itself, infection, blood transfusions, liver damage, or peritoneovenous shunts used in ...

AF is maintained on oxygen therapy, IV fluids, and IV antibiotics. Infusion of 6 units of random donor platelets is begun and low-dose heparin is given subcutaneously. The patient's nose is packed ...

Comparable coagulation studies were performed on 3 unrelated subjects with nonhereditary carotid-body tumors, who had been treated surgically. Of the 242 subjects studied, decreased factor X was ...

The importance of body fluids for coagulation was first described in the 1930s. At that time, the average life expectancy of hemophilia patients was just eight years.

A recent study led by MedUni Vienna provides new insights into the mechanisms of coagulation in persons with haemophilia A, the most common form of haemophilia. The research team was able to show ...

Etiologically, thrombophlebitis migrans probably arises from an intravasal coagulation caused by procoagulatory factors of the tumor disease. When confronted with an unusual presentation of ...