Antihemophilic Globulin (Noun)
Meaning
A coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Hemofil, a commercially available form of antihemophilic globulin, is used to treat and prevent bleeding in individuals with hemophilia A.
- Researchers studied the effect of administering antihemophilic globulin on patients with hemophilia A who had suffered injuries or surgeries.
- To reduce the risk of excessive bleeding during a tonsillectomy, the anesthesiologist recommended infusing antihemophilic globulin to the patient.
- Lack of antihemophilic globulin can cause delayed and defective blood clotting in people with hemophilia A, a rare inherited bleeding disorder.
- An urgent intravenous injection of antihemophilic globulin may help in acute hemorrhages that involve more than one limb or those that involve the head, neck or torso.