Widespread Activation of the Clotting Cascade Secondary to Massive Trauma

question 16

Multiple Choice

Widespread activation of the clotting cascade secondary to massive trauma is called

• A) hemophilia B.
• B) disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
• C) Hageman disease.
• D) idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura.

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

Statistics referring to the middle or typical value within a dataset, represented by measures such as mean, median, and mode.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers together and dividing by the count of those numbers.

Median

A statistical measure representing the middle value in a sorted, ascending or descending, list of numbers.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a given set of data, or a specific way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced.