Diagnosis and treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation: a case report.
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چکیده
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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of Iranian medicine
دوره 10 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007