consumption coagulopathy

coagulopathy /co·ag·u·lop·a·thy/ (ko-ag″u-lop´ah-the) any disorder of blood coagulation.

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consumption coagulopathy  disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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consumption coagulopathy

n.

See disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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consumption coagulopathy.

See disseminated intravascular coagulation.

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coagulopathy

any disorder of blood coagulation. See also hemophilia.

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consumption coagulopathy

a bleeding tendency due to a reduction in clotting factors caused by their utilization. See also disseminated intravascular coagulation.

disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)

see disseminated intravascular coagulation.

hepatic coagulopathy

impaired synthesis of most clotting factors, including factors I, II, V, VII, IX and X, as well as other substances involved in the fibrinolytic system, in severe liver disease can cause significant abnormalities in coagulation.

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consumption coagulopathy

Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy Hematology A condition characterized by ↑ platelet consumption with coagulation factor depletion–prolonged PT, PTT, ↑ fibrinolysis–generation of fibrin split products Etiology Sepsis, extensive burns, trauma, retained dead fetus, heat stroke, mismatched blood transfusion, metastatic CA, some forms of leukemia Clinical Severe bleeding, bruising