Acid ingestion: another cause of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
Greif, F.; Kaplan, O.
Critical Care Medicine 14(11): 990-991
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-3493 PMID: 3769512 Document Number: 280006
This report presents a case of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy developing within 2 h after ingestion of 96% (glacial) acetic acid in an attempted suicide. Although bleeding from the GI tract is found commonly in acid injury, this case illustrates that it may also be an early manifestation of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.