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1: Patient Saf Surg. 2008 Sep 22;2:23.Click here to read Click here to read Links

The unresolved safety concerns of bovine thrombin.

Shander A, Javidroozi M.

Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, USA. aryeh.shander@ehmc.com.

ABSTRACT: A recent review has suggested that bovine thrombin is not associated with an increased risk of bleeding in surgical populations. In spite of extremely limited evidence available, many valuable resources (e.g. safety surveillance and post-marketing programs, case reports) were excluded in reaching this conclusion. While waiting for the adequately powered, controlled clinical trials to address the effects of bovine thrombin on bleeding and thrombotic events, the potential risk cannot be simply ignored. Rather, continued vigilance in the post-surgical setting for bleeding events that may be associated with the development of acquired coagulation factor inhibitors following bovine thrombin administration is warranted.

PMID: 18808708 [PubMed - in process]

PMCID: PMC2562998