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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Prolonged PT ... /PTT • Low plasma ... Fibrinogen: ↓ • PT ... /INR: ↑ • PTT: ... INR < 2.3 - APTT
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal PT ... Prothrombin Time (PT ... Massive hemorrhage ... (DIC) c. ... #Causes #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
for a Prolonged PT ... and aPTT If the ... PT and the aPTT ... #Abnormal #PT ... #aPTT #Prolonged
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
== NORMAL PT ... /NORMAL PTT: • ... level NORMAL PT ... ) ABNORMAL PT ... ABNORMAL PTT: Prolongation
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
Postpartum Hemorrhage ... • Oxytocin 40 IU ... epinephrine prn DIC ... CBC, fibrinogen, PT ... /PTT • Treat with
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
dysfunction • Hemorrhagic ... Hypofibrinogenemia • ↑ PT ... ↑ PTT • ↑ Fibrin ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology