KROK 1 2007 – Question 138 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient was ill with burn disease that was complicated by DIC syndrome. What stage of DIC syndrome can be suspected if it is known that the patient’s blood coagulates in less than 3 minutes?
- A. Fibrinolysis
- B. Hypercoagulation
- C. Transition phase
- D. Hypocoagulation
- E. Terminal
Hint
Consider the sequence of DIC phases and which one is marked by blood clotting faster than normal, before platelets and clotting factors are used up.
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