title: Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) complicating intramedullary fixation of impending femur fracture from metastatic prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1070, USA.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hosseinian
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000517:prevention & control; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*