Sepsis and anticoagulant, is amputation a lifesaving surgery?

• Main Authors: Neeraj Kumar (Author), Amarjeet Kumar (Author), Anil Kumar (Author), Sanjeev Kumar (Author), Veena Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients with severe sepsis are associated with coagulation abnormalities ranging from minimal to major activation of coagulation system, which may lead to fulminant disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and multiorgan failure. Lower extremity amputation is indicated to remove ischemic, infec...