title: Diagnosis and treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Rajaee Heart Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Rasoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferasatkish
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naddafnia
authors.forename: Seyed-Mostafa
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.forename: Mohammad-Hassan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Naseri
mesh_terms: 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