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ABSTRACT: Background
We compared the prognostic value of the Japanese Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (JSTH) disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) diagnostic criteria with that of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) DIC diagnostic criteria for 28-day in-hospital mortality.Methods
We conducted a multicenter prospective cohort study involving two hematology departments, four emergency departments, and one general medicine department in Japan between August 2017 and July 2021. We assessed three ISTH DIC diagnostic criteria categories using low cutoff levels of D-dimer (low D-dimer), high cutoff levels of D-dimer (high D-dimer), and fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products (FDP) as fibrin-related markers. The main outcome was diagnosis-based category
SUBMITTER: Mori H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405497 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature