Dialysis without heparin in a patient with combined hereditary deficit in coagulation factor V and protein C

Abstract

coagulation factors deficiency; hereditary coagulation factor V deficiency; hereditary protein C deficiency A 34-year-old Saudi female was referred to our centre with a diagnosis of renal failure and pregnancy. She was well until 2 days prior to admission, when she developed nausea and blood-streaked vomiting. She was gravida 8, para 7; all children were alive and well