How the Test is Performed. Blood is most often drawn from a vein the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand. The site is cleaned with germ-killing medicine (antiseptic). The health care provider wraps an elastic band around the upper arm to apply pressure to the area and make the vein swell with blood.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is characterized by systemic activation of blood coagulation, which results in generation and deposition of fibrin, leading to microvascular thrombi in various organs and contributing to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS).Consumption and subsequent exhaustion of coagulation proteins and platelets ...
Disseminated intravascular coagulation can result from extreme increase in body temperature. Compared to dogs, cats are less likely to develop the detrimental effects of fever. Clinical findings. The differential list for fever in cats is long. In cats, infectious causes of fever are much more common than primary immune diseases or neoplasia. Initially, the clinician should use the signalment, history and physical examination to identify the initial differential list. Diagnostic tests or therapeutic trials are then used to confirm the primary differential.