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Anticoagulants should be used with caution as the patient will be prone to haemorrhage and blood compenets must be replaced via transfusion with fresh frozen plasma to provide clotting factors and platelets.
 
Anticoagulants should be used with caution as the patient will be prone to haemorrhage and blood compenets must be replaced via transfusion with fresh frozen plasma to provide clotting factors and platelets.
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==Prognosis==
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DIC has a poor prognosis with a high mortality rate.
    
* Disseminated intravacular coagulation is a widespread intravascular coagulation of the microcirculation.
 
* Disseminated intravacular coagulation is a widespread intravascular coagulation of the microcirculation.
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