Events that can initiate DIC |
Septicemia - Gram negative and Gram positive |
Crush injury or complicated surgery |
Severe head injury |
Cancer procoagulant (Trousseau syndrome) |
Acute leukemia, especially promyelocytic |
Complications of pregnancy |
Amniotic fluid embolism |
Abruptio placentae |
HELLP syndrome |
Eclampsia and severe preeclampsia |
Septic abortion |
Amphetamine overdose |
Giant hemangioma (Kasabach-Merritt syndrome) |
Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
Peritoneovenous shunt |
Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction (ABO incompatibility) |
Snake and viper venoms |
Liver disease |
Fulminant hepatic failure |
Reperfusion after liver transplantation |
Heat stroke |
Burns |
Purpura fulminans |
Events that can complicate and propagate DIC |
Shock |
Complement pathway activation |
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