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Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Coagulação intravascular disseminada
CategoryDefinition
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a clinicopathologic syndrome characterized by reduction in the elements involved in blood coagulation due to the systemic activation of the blood coagulation system, leading to microvascular thrombi in various organs and contributing to the development of multiorgan failure. And in the later stages, by the consumption and subsequent exhaustion of coagulation proteins and plateles, profuse hemorrhage occurs. The most common causes are bacterial sepsis, malignant disorders such as solid tumors or acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), and obstetric causes.
Diagnostic Criteria
Based on the presence of clinical and/or laboratory abnormalities of coagulation or thrombocyotopenia
Index Terms
Disseminated intravascular coagulationDefibrination syndromeFibrinolytic purpuraConsumption coagulopathyDiffuse intravascular coagulationDIC - [disseminated intravascular coagulation]disseminated intravascular coagulopathyfibrinolysis NOSthrombolytic purpuraPurpura fulminansAcquired fibrinolytic haemorrhagehaemorrhagic fibrinolysisGangrenous purpuraAcquired hypofibrinogenaemiaacquired afibrinogenaemiaacquired fibrinogenopenia