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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
organ damage Clinical ... • Peripheral smear ... Schistocytes, helmet ... Thrombocytopenia - Normal ... - APTT < 1.5 x normal
Spherocytes - The arrow points to one of many spherocytes in this photo. The cells have
spherocytes in this photo ... of a bi-concave disc ... This smear was from ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
Schistocytes - The arrows point to schistocytes which are fragmented red blood cells. Also called schizocytes,
are one of the abnormal ... In the right photo ... intravascular coagulation ... #Clinical #Path ... BloodSmear #Blood #Smear