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Disseminated intravascular coagulation screening
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for DIC as it does not suggest any changes in mortality except in sepsis
Screening
Screening
There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for DIC as it does not suggest any changes in mortality except in sepsis [1]
References
References
- ↑ Umemura Y, Yamakawa K, Hayakawa M, Hamasaki T, Fujimi S (January 2018). “Screening itself for disseminated intravascular coagulation may reduce mortality in sepsis: A nationwide multicenter registry in Japan”. Thromb. Res. 161: 60–66. doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2017.11.023. PMID 29202320.
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