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Hematologic cancers and clotting
A practice question in the style of the MCCQE MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A patient with septic shock is bleeding from line sites. Platelets 40, PT and aPTT prolonged, fibrinogen 0.9 g/L, D-dimer very high. What is the diagnosis?
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The answer is B: DIC.
DIC uses up platelets and clotting factors. Treat sepsis; give platelets, plasma or cryoprecipitate for bleeding.
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