Journal of Blood & Lymph

Alteration of Haemostasis during Sepsis: A Complex Multifactorial Pathological Action

Abstract

Pierpaolo Di Micco and Corrado Lodigiani

The alteration of haemostasis during bacterial infection and sepsis are well known. Several mechanisms have been described in last decades and may lead toward disseminated intravascular coagulation. Here we report most common mechanisms that may be treated from a clinical point of view during a bacterial sepsis.