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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC): Pathophysiology, Diagnostic Traps, and Evidence-Based Management
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a complex, life-threatening hematologic emergency encountered in critical care units, emergency departments, and surgical suites. DIC is never a primary disease; it is always a secondary clinicopathologic syndrome resulting from an underlying, systemic clinical insult. Understanding the paradox of DIC—where systemic microvascular thrombosis occurs simultaneously with catastrophic, widespread hemorrhage—is essential…