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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

From: Safety assessment of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in the treatment of adult patients with severe sepsis

 

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%

  1. 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.