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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Intravascular Coagulation ... Overview Increased Clotting ... Consumption of Clotting ... venipuncture sites Laboratory ... causes #treatment #management
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Dysfunction • Functional ... Dyspepsia • Functional ... Diagnostics and Testing ... #Management #Diagnosis
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
Bleeding and Bruising ... inhibitor of a coagulation ... intravascular coagulation ... causes are liver function ... fibrinogen levels, and testing
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Functional status ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - what is the bleeding ... medical and surgical management
Oral anticoagulants and reversal/hemostatic strategies. 

In the elegant tug-of-war between thrombosis and hemostasis, prescribing an anticoagulant
is essentially telling ... the clotting cascade ... Andexanet alfa, which function ... negotiation with a coagulation ... #Plasma #FFP #Bleeding