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DIC doesn't start on its own. It's a life-threatening complication of sepsis, major infections, cancer, trauma, transfusion reactions, or pregnancy complications. Clinicians need to watch for it in high-risk patients because it can kill fast.
DIC doesn't start on its own. It's a life-threatening complication of sepsis, major infections, cancer, trauma, transfusion reactions, or pregnancy complications. Clinicians need to watch for it in high-risk patients because it can kill fast.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation, or dic, doesn't just happen on its own, but it is a complication from other severe and acute illnesses such as major infections, cancer, sepsis, trauma, reactions to a blood transfusion, or in some cases, even pregnancy complications. Since DIC is a medical emergency and is quickly fatal, it's important to be on the lookout for it anytime you're working with a patient who may be at risk for developing dic.
