How the Test is Performed. Blood is most often drawn from a vein the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing medicine (antiseptic). The health care provider wraps an elastic band around the upper arm to apply pressure to the area and make the vein swell with blood.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is characterized by systemic activation of blood coagulation, which results in generation and deposition of fibrin, leading to microvascular thrombi in various organs and contributing to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).Consumption and subsequent exhaustion of coagulation proteins and platelets ...
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a serious disorder in which the proteins that control blood clotting become overactive. Causes. When you are injured, proteins in the blood that form blood clots travel to the injury site to help stop bleeding. If these proteins become abnormally active throughout the body, you could develop disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The underlying cause is usually due to inflammation, infection, or cancer. In some cases of DIC, small blood clots form in the blood vessels.