Table 2

Outcomes measured in a randomized controlled trial of recombinant activated factor VII


Blunt trauma
Penetrating trauma



Outcomes
rFVIIa
Placebo
P
rFVIIa
Placebo
P

Mortality
25%
30%
0.58
24%
28%
0.69
MOF/ARDS
10%
23%
0.07
7%
17%
0.11
ICU-free days
13
8
0.18
24
20
0.26
Ventilation-free days
17
14
0.44
26
22
0.17

Both intensive care unit (ICU)-free and ventilator-free days were measured for 30 days. ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; MOF, multiple organ failure; rFVIIa, activated recombinant factor VII.

Mohr et al. Critical Care 2005 9(Suppl 5):S37   doi:10.1186/cc3784