Clinical study on the cerebral infarction accompanied with septic disseminated intravascular coagulation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) due to sepsis often develop cerebral infarction; but the frequency, mechanism of onset and prognosis have not been fully elucidated. We reported courses and characteristics of septic DIC cases hospitalized in our hospital in the present study.

Methods

Patients with septic DIC who underwent brain imaging were selected. Vital signs, disorders of consciousness and blood test results at the time of onset were compared between cases that developed cerebral infarction (cerebral infarction group) and those that did not (non-infarction group).In cases of cerebral infarction, the site and the size of the infarct lesion were also described.

Results

In 27 septic DIC patients who underwent brain imaging, eight

SUBMITTER: Kako T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8749497 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature