title: Obstetrical disseminated intravascular coagulation score.
abstract: Obstetrical disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is usually a very acute, serious complication of pregnancy. The obstetrical DIC score helps with making a prompt diagnosis and starting treatment early. This DIC score, in which higher scores are given for clinical parameters rather than for laboratory parameters, has three components: (i) the underlying diseases; (ii) the clinical symptoms; and (iii) the laboratory findings (coagulation tests). It is justifiably appropriate to initiate therapy for DIC when the obstetrical DIC score reaches 8 points or more before obtaining the results of coagulation tests. Improvement of blood coagulation tests and clinical symptoms are essential to the efficacy evaluation for treatment after a diagnosis of obstetrical DIC. Therefore, the efficacy evaluation criteria for obstetrical DIC are also defined to enable follow-up of the clinical efficacy of DIC therapy.
authors.affiliation: Hamamatsu Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: clinical symptoms; efficacy evaluation criteria for obstetrical disseminated intravascular coagulation; laboratory findings; obstetrical disseminated intravascular coagulation score; underlying diseases