A pharmacokinetic model for factor VIII dosing during active haemorrhage in patients with haemophilia A.

Anaesthesia

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China

Published: August 2001

A theoretical one-compartment pharmacokinetic model is described, the aim of which is to guide factor VIII replacement therapy in patients with haemophilia A suffering from significant and ongoing haemorrhage. Based on our calculations, plasma factor VIII concentrations can decrease at a rapid rate even with non-severe blood loss.

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