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A 40-year-old male patient was admitted with acute pancreatitis. He developed fever, tachycardia, hypotension, and respiratory distress on the 3rd day of admission. His abdomen was severely tender and distended. Next morning the nurse noticed excessive oozing from arterial and central line insertion site, and his abdomen was further distended.
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Patil, V., Amin, N., Ambulkar, R., Kulkarni, A. (2020). Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Thrombocytopenia. In: Chawla, R., Todi, S. (eds) ICU Protocols. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0902-5_8
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