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DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

Complication of septic shock in which endotoxin (from gram-negative bacteria) induces systemic clotting of the blood, perhaps indirectly through the effect of endotoxin on neutrophils. It may also develop in another situations where neutrophils become systemically hyperactivated. Acronym: DIC
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