Diagnosis and treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation: a case report.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a pathologic syndrome with different medical disorders. Diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome is one of the difficult managements in medical science. Thromboelastogram is the only guide for early diagnosis and precise management of this syndrome. We describe a patient who developed disseminated intravascular coagulation due to endocarditis and spleen abscess. She was diagnosed by thromboelastography and treated successfully.
Ferasatkish
Rasoul
R
Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Rajaee Heart Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Naddafnia
Hossein
H
Alavi
Seyed-Mostafa
SM
Naseri
Mohammad-Hassan
MH
D000328:Adult; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications