Desmopressin--a nontransfusional form of prevention of postextractive bleeding in some patients with von Willebrand's type I disease. Case report.

Abstract

In this article the possibility of using the Minirin (desmopressin) in maxillofacial surgery in person with hemostatic disorders has been described. The our case of patient with von Willebrand's disease type I indicates that this drug is very effective in bleeding after teeth extractions.

• Authors: Mansur Rahnama, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Wojciech Swiatkowski
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio D: Medicina (Ann Univ Mariae Curie Sklodowska Med) Vol. 57 Issue 1 Pg. 150-3 ( 2002) ISSN: 0066-2240 [Print] Poland
• PMID: 12898917 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Hemostatics
• Deamino Arginine Vasopressin

Topics

• Adult
• Deamino Arginine Vasopressin (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Drug Administration Schedule
• Hemostasis, Surgical (methods)
• Hemostatics (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
• Humans
• Infusions, Intravenous
• Male
• Premedication
• Tooth Extraction
• Tooth, Impacted (surgery)
• von Willebrand Diseases (complications, drug therapy)