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Disseminated intravascular coagulation, is a [[pathology|pathological]] process in the body where the [[blood]] starts to [[coagulation|coagulate]] throughout the whole body. This depletes the body of its [[platelet]]s and coagulation factors, and there is a paradoxically increased risk of [[hemorrhage]]. | |||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 22 January 2014
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [2]
Overview
Disseminated intravascular coagulation, is a pathological process in the body where the blood starts to coagulate throughout the whole body. This depletes the body of its platelets and coagulation factors, and there is a paradoxically increased risk of hemorrhage.