To assess the value of the diagnosis of overt disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) according to the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) criteria and that of the parameters included in the ISTH score for overt DIC in predicting day 28 mortality in intensive care patients. Also, to assess the value of the components of the score in the diagnosis of overt DIC.
Intensive Care Unit, Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 340, 00029 Helsinki, Finland. mirka.sivula@hus.fi