Critical Care >Hematologic Dysfunction in the ICU

John M. Oropello, Stephen M. Pastores, Vladimir Kvetan+

Table 32–3Etiologies of disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Tissue injury
Neoplasms Obstetrical

• Abruptio placenta

• Placenta previa
Solid tumors

• Retained death fetus

• Leukemias (mainly acute promyelocytic leukemia)

• Amniotic fluid embolism

• Cancer chemotherapy

• Uterine atomy
• Trauma • Tumor lysis syndrome

• Therapeutic abortion
• Crush and CNS injuries Infections

• Severe preeclampsia and eclampsia

• Heat stroke • Gram-positive bacteria

Other
• Burns • Gram-negative bacteria

• Shock
• Hemolytic transfusion reaction • Spirochetes

• Cardiac arrest
• Acute transplant rejection • Rickettsia

• Fat embolism
• Protozoa

• Aortic aneurysm
• Fungi

• Giant hemangiomas
• Viruses

• Snake bites

• Near drowning

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