Table 5

Number of procedure-related 28-day serious bleeding events by site of hemorrhage sorted from largest to smallest percentage of serious bleeding events that were procedure-related in all clinical trials


Procedure-related events






Site of hemorrhage
During infusion period
Postinfusion period
Total procedure-related
All SBEs1
% Procedure-related

Vascular
5
2
7
7
100.0
Retroperitoneal
2
1
3
3
100.0
Intraabdominal
5
4
9
10
90.0
Skin/soft tissue
9
3
12
15
80.0
Intrathoracic
8
3
11
20
55.0
Other/undetermined
2
5
7
14
50.0
Spleen
0
1
1
3
33.3
Gastrointestinal
3
5
8
44
18.2
ICH
0
0
0
32
0.0
Total
34
24
58
148
39.2%

A total of 2786 patients treated with drotrecogin alfa (activated) infusion were included in this analysis. 1All serious bleeding events (SBEs) combines both procedure-related and non-procedure-related events during the 28-day period. ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage.

Bernard et al. Critical Care 2003 7:155   doi:10.1186/cc2167