Cid Journal
Cid Journal
Cid Journal
PALABRAS CLAVE:
Antitrombina; Coagulación; Coagulación
intravascular diseminada; Proteína de caja
de grupo de alta
movilidad; Histonas; Proteína
C; Trombomodulina; Factor de Von
Willebrand.
Pubmed, Latindex, Elsevier and Scielo of
ABSTRACT articles published between 2010 and 2021,
Disseminated intravascular coagulation in English and Spanish. Clinical trials, meta-
(DIC) is a systemic activation of the analyzes, and case reports were excluded.
coagulation system, leading to The purpose of this review is to provide the
microvascular thrombosis and, tools and diagnostic keys for the timely
simultaneously, life-threatening bleeding identification of the pathology.
attributed to the consumption of platelets
and clotting factors. Underlying conditions, KEYWORDS: Antithrombin; Coagulation;
for example infection, cancer, or obstetric Disseminated intravascular coagulation;
complications, are responsible for the High mobility group box protein; Histones;
initiation and spread of the DIC process. Protein C; Thrombomodulin; Von
This review provides information on the Willebrand factor.
epidemiology of DIC and the current
understanding of its pathophysiology. It .
details the use of diagnostic biomarkers,
current diagnostic recommendations from
international medical societies, and
provides an overview of emerging
diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
Finally, it provides guidance on
management. It is concluded that the
timely and accurate diagnosis of DIC and its
underlying condition is essential for
prognosis. A systematic search of recent
research was carried out in databases of