Medical and Surgical Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Woman with Factor XIII Deficiency

• Main Authors: Michael Cheng (Author), Janelle Nassim (Author), Ario Angha (Author), Krisna Srey (Author), Alexander Canales (Author), Chauniqua Kiffin (Author), Yessin Ashmawy (Author), Andrew A. Rosenthal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Factor XIII deficiency is a rare inherited coagulopathy. Factor XIII is the last clotting factor in the coagulation cascade to insure strength and stability to fibrin clots. Without this enzyme, the fibrous clot is unstable and nonresistant to fibrinolysis. Gravid women with this congenital disease...