RE: The prothrombin time ratio is not a more effective marker for evaluating sepsis-induced coagulopathy than fibrin-related markers: Response to the Letter-to-the-Editor by Dr Wada

Affiliations

¹ Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Anesthesiology/Critical Care, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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Toshiaki Iba et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jun.

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. 2020 Jun;18(6):1507-1509.

doi: 10.1111/jth.14799.

¹ Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Anesthesiology/Critical Care, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

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Keywords: D-dimer; disseminated intravascular coagulation; platelet count; prothrombin time; sepsis.

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Diagnosis and management of sepsis-induced coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Iba T, Levy JH, Warkentin TE, Thachil J, van der Poll T, Levi M; Scientific and Standardization Committee on DIC, and the Scientific and Standardization Committee on Perioperative and Critical Care of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Iba T, et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2019 Nov;17(11):1989-1994. doi: 10.1111/jth.14578. Epub 2019 Aug 13. J Thromb Haemost. 2019. PMID: 31410983 Review. No abstract available.
The prothrombin time ratio is not a more effective marker for evaluating sepsis-induced coagulopathy than fibrin-related markers.
Wada H, Shiraki K, Shimaoka M. Wada H, et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2020 Jun;18(6):1506-1507. doi: 10.1111/jth.14766. J Thromb Haemost. 2020. PMID: 32496020 No abstract available.