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    ISTH Criteria for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

    Diagnoses overt disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).

    IMPORTANT

    Tips for COVID-19: This is one measure of COVID-19 associated coagulopathy, which was associated with poor prognosis (Tang 2020).

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Use only in patients with clinical suspicion for DIC (e.g. excessive bleeding in the setting of malignancy, severe infection or sepsis, obstetric complications, trauma).

    Diagnostic criteria for overt DIC

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    Dr. Fletcher B. Taylor
    Dr. Fletcher B. Taylor
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    Fletcher B. Taylor, MS, MD, is a Distinguished Career Scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City. He was previously the H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Chair in Medical Research. Dr. Taylor’s primary research is focused on diagnosis and treatment of sepsis.

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    Dr. Fletcher B. Taylor
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