Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
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Care of Patients With Hematologic Disorders — Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice▶ 60:54You stop all heparin products instantly and you transition them to a completely different class of non -heparin anticoagulants like argotropan to…Now if you think HIT is a complicated paradox, let's talk about the absolute pinnacle of coagulation nightmares, disseminated intravascular coagulation, or…I remember learning about this in pathophysiology and just staring at the page thinking, how on earth does a human body do…Hematologic and Immune Disorders — Introduction to Critical Care Nursing▶ 10:12It tells you that the body is actively and aggressively breaking down massive amounts of clots somewhere in the vascular system, which…A red flag that we are definitely going to dive into when we talk about DICBut first, let's follow the physiological cascadeNursing Management of the Postpartum Woman at Risk — Maternity and Pediatric Nursing▶ 21:57But in the first week postpartum, those factor levels crash back down to baseline, creating a high risk for delayed hemorrhageBut the most terrifying coagulopathy we face in obstetrics is DIC disseminated intravascular coagulationI wanna spend real time on DIC because it is an incredibly complex, devastating physiological paradox