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Thromb J. 2016 Sep 28;14:42. doi: 10.1186/s12959-016-0117-x. eCollection 2016.

Proposal for new diagnostic criteria for DIC from the Japanese Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis.

Thrombosis journal

Hidesaku Asakura, Hoyu Takahashi, Toshimasa Uchiyama, Yutaka Eguchi, Kohji Okamoto, Kazuo Kawasugi, Seiji Madoiwa, Hideo Wada,

Affiliations

  1. Department of Internal Medicine (III), Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1, Takaramachi, Kanazawa, 920-8641 Japan.
  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata Prefectural Kamo Hospital, 1-9-1 Aomicho, Kamo, Niigata 959-1397 Japan.
  3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Takasaki General Medical Center, 36 Takamatsu-Cho, Takasaki, Gunma 370-0829 Japan.
  4. Department of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192 Japan.
  5. Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, 4-18-1, Nishihon-machi, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 805-8534 Japan.
  6. Department of Hematology, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo, 173-8605 Japan.
  7. Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, 1-4-17, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073 Japan.
  8. Department of Molecular and Laboratory Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507 Japan.

PMID: 27708553 PMCID: PMC5039801 DOI: 10.1186/s12959-016-0117-x

Abstract

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a serious disease that, in the presence of underlying disease, causes persistent, generalized, marked coagulation activation. Early treatment based on an appropriate diagnosis is very important for improving patients' prognosis, to which end diagnostic criteria play a key role. Several criteria have been proposed, but each has its strengths and weaknesses, and improved criteria are needed. Widespread use of coagulofibrinolytic markers has elucidated that the pathology of DIC differs greatly as a function of the underlying disease. Thus, discriminating use of DIC diagnostic criteria that take underlying diseases into account is important. DIC diagnostic criteria that are well known in Japan include the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare's old DIC diagnostic criteria (JMHW criteria), the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis's DIC diagnostic criteria (ISTH criteria), and the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine's acute-stage DIC diagnostic criteria (JAAM criteria). Those criteria have their respective drawbacks: the sensitivity of the ISTH criteria is poor, the JAAM criteria cannot be applied to all underlying diseases, and the JMHW criteria have poor sensitivity in the case of infections, do not use molecular markers, and result in misdiagnosis. The Japanese Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis's newly proposed provisional draft DIC diagnostic criteria (new criteria) use diagnostic criteria classifications of "hematopoietic disorder type", "infectious type", and "basic type" based on the underlying pathology. For the hematopoietic disorder type the platelet count is omitted from the score, while for the infectious type, fibrinogen is omitted from the score. Also, points are added if the platelet count decreases with time. In the new criteria, molecular markers and antithrombin activity have been newly included, and as a countermeasure for misdiagnosis, 3 points are deducted if there is liver failure. In this paper, we discuss various problems encountered with DIC diagnosis, and we describe the new criteria together with the events that led to their creation. These new diagnostic criteria take into account the underlying diseases of wide area, and we expect that they will serve clinicians well due to the above adaptations and improvements.

Keywords: DIC; Diagnostic criteria; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Enhanced-fibrinolytic-type DIC; Suppressed-fibrinolytic-type DIC

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