Cited by 146Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis MechanismsPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

DIC score in pregnant women–a population based modification of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis score

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Erez, Offer, Novack, Lena, Beer-Weisel, Ruthy, Dukler, Doron, Press, Fernanda, Zlotnik, Alexander, Than, Nandor Gabor, Tomer, Aaron +1 more·2014·PLoS ONE

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OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were: 1) To determine the component needed to generate a validated DIC score during pregnancy. 2) To validate such scoring system in the identification of patients with clinical diagnosis of DIC. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a population based retrospective study, including all women who gave birth at the 'Soroka University Medical Center' during the study period, and have had blood coagulation tests including complete blood cell count, prothrombin time (PT)(seconds), partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), fibrinogen, and D-dimers. Nomograms for pregnancy were established, and DIC score was constructed based on ROC curve analyses. RESULTS: 1) maternal plasma fibrinogen concentrations increased during pregnancy; 2) maternal platelet count decreased gradually during gestation; 3) the PT and PTT values did not change with advancing gestation; 4) PT difference had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.96 (p<0.001), and a PT difference ≥1.55 had an 87% sensitivity and 90% specificity for the diagnosis of DIC; 5) the platelet count had an AUC of 0.87 (p<0.001), an 86% sensitivity and 71% specificity for the diagnosis of DIC; 6) fibrinogen concentrations had an AUC of 0.95 (p<0.001) and a cutoff point ≤3.9 g/L had a sensitivity of 87% and a specificity of 92% for the development of DIC; and 7) The pregnancy adjusted DIC score had an AUC of 0.975 (p<0.001) and at a cutoff point of ≥26 had a sensitivity of 88%, a specificity of 96%, a LR(+) of 22 and a LR(-) of 0.125 for the diagnosis of DIC. CONCLUSION: We could establish a sensitive and specific pregnancy adjusted DIC score. The positive likelihood ratio of this score suggests that a patient with a score of ≥26 has a high probability to have DIC.

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Authors
Erez, O., Novack, L., Beer-Weisel, R., Dukler, D., Press, F., Zlotnik, A., Than, N. G., Tomer, A., & Mazor, M.
Affiliations
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
Corresponding author
Erez, Offer
Venue
PLoS ONE
Published
2014-04-11
Volume
9
Issue
4
Pages
e93240
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1975061570
Cited by
146
References
92
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4.25
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journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Internal Medicine › Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
Keywords
disseminated intravascular coagulation, pregnancy, fibrinogen, platelet count, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, D-dimer
MeSH terms
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, Female, Fibrinogen, Hemostasis, Humans, Pregnancy, Prothrombin Time, Retrospective Studies, Thrombosis

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