“…In fact, a reported 65-year-old patient with congenital isolated factor VII deficiency and bleeding problems had not shown earlier bleeding problems, presumably because of compensation for the factor VII deficiency by enhanced activities of components of the extrinsic coagulation pathway, factors II, VIII, IX, and X. 7 Third, the use of rFVIIa in hemorrhagic shock in neonates and preterm infants are increasing. For instance, neonates with massive postsurgical hemorrhage after ileostomy, with severe pulmonary hemorrhage in the course of mechanical ventilation for meconium aspiration syndrome, with congenital heart disease.…”