cancer (EGC) is currently standard practice in Korea and Japan [1]. Although there are many causes of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), it occurs mostly after sepsis, wide tissue damage, and obstetric complications [2]. The authors report a case of DIC after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), which has never been reported before. A 75-year-old female patient had been diagnosed ...

Anomalously high precipitation and river discharge during the spring of 2005 caused considerable freshening and depletion of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in surface waters along the coastal Gulf of Maine. Surface pCO2 and total alkalinity (TA) were monitored by repeated underway sampling of a crossshelf transect in the western Gulf of Maine (GOM) during 2004–05 to examine how riverine fluxe...

Preoperative examination for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) occasionally reveals an abnormal decrease in coagulation factors and thrombocytopenia, fulfilling the criteria for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Treatment of the underlying disorder is indispensable for alleviating DIC. We report an uncommon case of a patient with AAA and DIC who showed prolonged thrombocytopenia des...

Reconstruction and monitoring of displacement and strain fields is an important problem in engineering. We analyze the remote and nonobtrusive methods of strain measurement based on photogrammetry and Digital Image Correlation (DIC). The method is based on covering the photographed surface with a pattern of speckles and comparing the images taken before and after the deformation. In this study,...

AIM To investigate the efficacy of thrombomodulin (TM)-α for treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) in the field of gastrointestinal surgery. METHODS Thirty-six peri-operative DIC patients in the field of gastrointestinal surgery who were treated with TM-α were retrospectively investigated. The relationships between patient demographics and the efficacy of TM-α were examin...

Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a regulatory peptide having a variety of pharmacological properties secreted from vascular endothelial cells and adrenal medulla. There are only a few studies about the effects of ADM on coagulation and platelets which is secreted from endothelial cells. The aim of this study is to assay ADM levels in rabbits with endotoxin induced disseminated intravascular coagulation ...

The diagnosis of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) should encompass both clinical and laboratory information. The International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) DIC scoring system provides objective measurement of DIC. Where DIC is present the scoring system correlates with key clinical observations and outcomes. It is important to repeat the tests to monitor the dynamic...

BACKGROUND Neutrophil elastase, alveolar thrombin generation, and fibrin deposition play crucial roles in the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). However, the usefulness of combination therapy with a selective neutrophil elastase inhibitor, sivelestat, and recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin (rhTM) for patients with AR...

Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) is an acquired disease that occurs secondary to a variety of underlying conditions including solid tumors. Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of these tumors and DIC is the most prevalent coagulopathy related to PCa, but it is rarely reported as the first manifestation of it. This paper is a report of an 85-year-old man who presented with hematuria and va...