1009 April 2014 C ARDIAC arrest occurs with an estimated annual incidence of 92 to 189 cases per 100,000 individuals and carries a poor prognosis despite advances in modern medicine.1 Even for patients in whom spontaneous circulation is restored, their subsequent hospital course is fraught with potential complications. Derangements in the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems frequently occur as...

Procedures in the field of head and neck surgery can be complicated by haemorrhage post-operative bleeding. Whilst it is commonplace to screen for coagulopathies pre-operative period, rare congenital bleeding disorders difficult detect have significant consequences. We report a case following routine sinus due an undiagnosed haemophilia A 65-year-old male.

 It has been recognized that patients with Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) show significant bleeding tendency which can be secondary to coagulopathies in these patients. Some coagulation abnormalities are thrombocytopenia, factor deficiencies, fibrinolysis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation  (DIC). According to high prevalence of CCHD and major operations in theses patients, th...