Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) causes the production of blood clots in an individual's small blood vessels that ...

A recent study led by MedUni Vienna provides new insights into the mechanisms of coagulation in persons with haemophilia A, the most common form of haemophilia. The research team was able to show ...

Although laser and heated-probe therapies for the condition have been quite well studied, the promising technique of argon plasma coagulation (APC) has not. Australian researchers evaluated 100 ...

The importance of body fluids for coagulation was first described in the 1930s. At that time, the average life expectancy of hemophilia patients was just eight years.

Antibiotic therapy can also be an initiator of DIC, as it may alter intestinal flora, which is a source of vitamin K, thereby altering the coagulation process. DIC may also be related to blood ...

Hemophilia A and B coagulation defects, which are caused by deficiencies of Factor VIII and Factor IX, respectively, can be bypassed by administration of recombinant Factor VIIa. However ...