DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

Obstetric Complications

Abruptio Placentae

Retained Dead Fetus

Septic Abortion

Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Toxemia

Infections

     Gram-negative Sepsis

     Meningococcemia

     Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

     Histoplasmosis

     Aspergillosis

     Malaria

Malignancies

     Carcinomas of the Pancreas, Prostate, Lung, and Stomach

     Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Massive Tissue Injury

     Traumatic

     Burns

     Extensive Surgery

Miscellaneous

     Intravascular Hemolysis

     Snakebite

     Giant Hemangioma

     Shock

     Heat Stroke

     Vasculitis

     Aortic Aneurysm

     Liver Disease