A Patient Who Presents with DIC Would Most Likely Have

question 10

Short Answer

A patient who presents with DIC would most likely have which of the following sets of coagulation test results? $\begin{array}{llll}&\text { PT } & \text { PTT } & \text { D-dimer } & \text { Fibrinogen } \\\hline a.&\text { Prolonged } & \text { prolonged } & \text { elevated } & \text { decreased } \\b.&\text { Normal } & \text { prolonged } & \text { normal } & \text { normal } \\c.&\text { Prolonged } & \text { prolonged } & \text { decreased } & \text { increased } \\d.&\text { Normal } & \text { prolonged } & \text { decreased } & \text { decreased }\end{array}$

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