Uncorrectable coagulopathy due to intestinal obstruction: A clinical dilemma of competing priorities in a child

• Ngā kaituhi matua: V Raveenthiran (Author), S Balachandran (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a contraindication for major surgical operations. However, if surgery is required to correct the underlying cause of DIC, a clinical conflict is created. In such complex scenario, standard resources such as textbooks and journals offer very little guid...