Disseminated intravascular coagulation. Complication of LeVeen peritoneovenous shunts
- 3 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 240 (19) , 2064-2066
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.240.19.2064
Abstract
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) occurred in 3 of 5 patients after insertion of a LeVeen shunt for intractable ascites. DIC in these patients (4 episodes) ranged in severity from progressive and life-threatening to transient and asymptomatic. Interruption of the shunt in 2 patients stopped the DIC. Careful monitoring for DIC following shunt insertion allows rational decisions to protect the patient against life-threatening hemorrhage or thrombosis. DIC occurred in 2 patients during a trial i.v. infusion of ascites and occurred in 1 patient even when the surgical procedure was modified to minimize the volume and rate of the infused ascites.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: