Browsing UMB Coronavirus Publications by Subject "Factor VIII"

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    • Factor VIII and Functional Protein C Activity in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Series
      Tabatabai, A.; Rabin, J.; Menaker, J.; Madathil, R.; Galvagno, S.; Menne, A.; Chow, J.H.; Herr, D.; Tanaka, K.; Scalea, T.; et al. (Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020)
      Critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been observed to be hypercoagulable, but the mechanisms for this remain poorly described. Factor VIII is a procoagulant factor that increases during inflammation and is cleaved by activated protein C. To our knowledge, there is only 1 prior study of factor VIII and functional protein C activity in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Here, we present a case series of 10 critically ill patients with COVID-19 who had severe elevations in factor VIII activity and low normal functional protein C activity, which may have contributed to hypercoagulability.