Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) 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 haemorrhage. It occurs in critically ill patients, especially those with Gram-negative sepsis (particularly meningococcal sepsis) and acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Basically the person is clotting and bleeding at the same time. It is a very very serious disorder, and can be very deadly. Once all of the body's clotting factors are used up (and they can be used up very quickly) then the body just bleeds out of every opening in the body (eyes, nose, ears, mouth, anus, etc.) It can be treated by giving the person blood products to help replenish the volumes being lost and also giving products that will help clot the blood. However sometimes it is too late. The only way to really correct this disorder is to correct whatever the underlying cause for the DIC was.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a disorder. When someone has DIC their proteins that control blood clotting becomes over active.
Uncontrolled blood clotting, where the blood clots but there is no wound to seal, can lead to death. If the blood clots are in the blood stream they can break off and cause obstructions in other organs or tissues. If the blood is extravasated, the clot can interfere with normal organ and tissue function. Systemic blood clotting, called disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), is a medical emergency that can lead to death.
Hypo is a prefix meaning very low or lower than normal. Coagulation is a property of the rate of setting of a liquid, particularly blood. Haemophilia, a blood disorder, is a form of hypo-coagulation
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A hemophiliac is someone with uncontrolable bleeding. Hence the definiont, then the person would have a below normal coagulation time.
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It can be the abbreviation of the word dictionary. In medicine it can be the abbreviation for disseminated intravascular coagulation.
It may mean that the patient has a vitamin K deficiency, a liver disease, or disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
wound infections and lack of healing, persistent sepsis and bowel necrosis, and a serious internal bleeding disorder known as disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Hemorrhage during or after surgery is a risk for hemispherectomy. Disseminated intravascular coagulation, or blood clotting within the circulatory system, is a risk that may be managed with anticoagulant drugs
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), also known as consumptive coagulopathy, is a pathological activation of coagulation (blood clotting) mechanisms that happens in response to a variety of diseases. DIC leads to the formation of small blood clots inside the blood vessels throughout the body.[1] As the small clots consume coagulation proteins and platelets, normal coagulation is disrupted and abnormal bleeding occurs from the skin (e.g. from sites where blood samples were taken), the digestive tract, the respiratory tract and surgical wounds. The small clots also disrupt normal blood flow to organs (such as the kidneys), which may malfunction as a result.[2]DIC can occur acutely but also on a slower, chronic basis, depending on the underlying problem.[3] It is common in the critically ill, and may participate in the development of multiple organ failure, which may lead to death.[Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disseminated_intravascular_coagulation
DIC stands for Dissiminated Intravascular Coagulation.
The test helps to detect serious blood clot disorders like deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). In the case of the COVID-19 infection, it shows the clot in the body.
A: Clinically, DIC is usually diagnosed on the basis of the underlying disease, observed low platelet counts on a peripheral blood test, increases in bleeding times, and the presence of degradation products in the blood plasma.