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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

Stimulus

Tissue destruction
Endothelial injury
(Extrinsic pathway)
Tissue factor
Factor XII activation (Intrinsic
Thrombin generation pathway)

Intravascular fibrin deposition


Plasminogen activation
Platelet consumption

Thrombosis Plasmin generation


Thrombocytopenia

Fibrinolysis
Hemolytic anemia Tissue ischemia Bleeding

Fibrin degradation products (inhibit


thrombin and platelet aggregation)

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