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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Also Known As: Consumptive Coagulopathy; Defibrination Syndrome
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What this page is about
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation is listed in the Everyone Healthy condition library. This simple overview is generated from the existing EH database links because the original full article for this condition is not yet available.
Common linked signs and symptoms
The EH database links this condition with signs or symptoms such as Blood Clotting Disorder, Blood in Urine (Hematuria), Blood Pressure Below Normal (Hypotension), Bruising (Contusion), Bruising Easily, Cough, and Fever (Raised Body Temperature).
Tests doctors may consider
Tests or investigations linked in the EH database include Activated Coagulation Time (ACT), Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT), Antithrombin 111 (AT-111) Activity Test, Bleeding Time (Ivy Method), and Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors).
Treatment depends on the person
The EH database links this condition with supportive options such as Fresh Frozen Plasma, Platelet Transfusion, Recombinant Tissue Factor Thrombomodulin, and Recombinant tissue factor VII activated (rFVIIa). Treatment choices should always be discussed with a qualified health professional, because the best approach depends on the cause, severity, age, other conditions, medicines, and test results.
This overview does not replace the original article and does not diagnose, treat, or recommend medication. It is a simple guide built from the existing Everyone Healthy database links.
Linked signs and symptoms
14Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Blood Clotting Disorder
- Blood in Urine (Hematuria)
- Blood Pressure Below Normal (Hypotension)
- Bruising (Contusion)
- Bruising Easily
- Cough
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Gums Bleeding
- Heart or Pulse Rate Raised (Tachycardia)
- Mind: Disorientation
- Nose Bleed (Epistaxis)
- Skin Lesions
- Stool With Bright Red Blood (Hematochezia)
- Vomiting Blood (Hematemesis)
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
8Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
17These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Activated Coagulation Time (ACT)
- Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
- Antithrombin 111 (AT-111) Activity Test
- Bleeding Time (Ivy Method)
- Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- D-Dimer Blood Test
- Euglobulin Lysis Time (Fibrinolysis Time)
- Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products, FSPs, Fibrin Breakdown Products, Fbps)
- Fibrin Monomers Test
- Fibrinogen Concentration test
- Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) Action Assay
- Plasminogen Activity
- Platelet Count
- Protein C (PC ANtigen)
- Protein S Concentration
- Prothrombin Time (PT)
- Thrombin Time
Biological and test markers
20This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
8- Coagulation Bleeding TimeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 65–110 secondsLinked diagnostic tests1Activated Coagulation Time (ACT)
- D-DimerReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–240 µg/LLinked diagnostic tests1D-Dimer Blood Test
- Fibrin MonomersReference range example0–10,000 µg/LLinked diagnostic tests1Fibrin Monomers Test
- Fibrin Split ProductsReference range exampleAll: 0–1 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products
- Fibrinopeptide A (FPA)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 0.7–3.1 mg/mL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 0.35–2.5 mg/mLLinked diagnostic tests1Fibrinopeptide A (FPA) Action Assay
- Plasma thromboplastin antecedentReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 20–35 secondsLinked diagnostic tests1Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
- Template Bleeding TimeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 2.5–9 MinutesLinked diagnostic tests1Bleeding Time (Ivy Method)
- Thrombin TimeReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 10–20 secondsLinked diagnostic tests1Thrombin Time
Often decreased
12- Antithrombin 111 (AT-111)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 90–110 %Linked diagnostic tests1Antithrombin 111 (AT-111) Activity Test
- Factor IX (Christmas Factor, Percentage of Normal Value)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 60–140 %Linked diagnostic tests1Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- Factor V (Labile Factor, Proaccelerin, Percentage of Normal Value)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 50–150 %Linked diagnostic tests1Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- Factor VIII (Antihemophilic Globulin, Percentage of Normal Value)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 55–145 %Linked diagnostic tests1Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- Factor X (Stuart Prower Factor, Percentage of Normal Value)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 45–155 %Linked diagnostic tests1Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- Factor XII (Hageman Factor, Percentage of Normal Value)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 50–150 %Linked diagnostic tests1Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors)
- FibrinogenReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 150–400 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Fibrinogen Concentration test
- Plasma Clot Lysis TimeReference range exampleAll: 120–600 MinutesLinked diagnostic tests1Euglobulin Lysis Time (Fibrinolysis Time)
- PlasminogenReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 65–153 %; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 70–120 %Linked diagnostic tests1Plasminogen Activity
- PlateletsReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 150–450 109/L; Adult ( > 16y): 135–380 109/LLinked diagnostic tests1Platelet Count
- Protein CReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 70–150 %Linked diagnostic tests1Protein C (PC ANtigen)
- Protein SReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 50–120 %; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 55–120 %Linked diagnostic tests1Protein S Concentration
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
The main information article for this record is not yet available in the database.