Coagulation Factor Deficiency
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- Factor deficiency
- Often the result of a congenital deficiency in one or more of the coagulation factors.
- Gives ineffective blood clotting and development of a disease syndrome characterized by excessive bleeding. S
- Such bleeding is usually detected following trauma or surgery.
- May occasionally be spontaneous (e.g. into alimentary or urinary tracts).
- Such bleeding is usually detected following trauma or surgery.
- Often seen as familial inherited problems.
- E.g. haemophilia.