Since disseminated intravascular coagulation affects patients with significant damage to organs or tissues, hypothermia puts ...

DIC related to cancer is always secondary to a well-defined clinical condition. (See Table 1 for a list of common causes of DIC related to cancer.) This point is important to remember, as ...

The American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (ACCP/SCCM) developed consensus definitions for sepsis in 1992. [6] There has been much discussion about the ...

Consultant haematologist Dr David Watson, who had been treating Mrs Jones, told the inquest there was no evidence of DIC. Mr Gittins recorded the cause of death as neutropaenic sepsis due to ...