Table 2.
Practical markers of non-overt disseminated intravascular coagulation
Test | Finding |
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Prothrombin time |
Increasing clotting time |
Platelets |
Falling count |
Activated partial thromboplastin time |
Increasing clotting time and abnormal waveform |
Fibrin related marker (d-dimer, fibrin degradatory products) |
Rising concentrations |
Fibrinogen |
Falling concentrations |
Protein C |
Falling concentrations |
Antithrombin | Falling concentrations |