A Puzzling Case of Elevated Fibrinogen in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Samuel Sherng Young Wang¹, Gloria Chen², Eng Soo Yap^{2

3}, Clarice Choong⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore.
² Division of Laboratory Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, JurongHealth, Singapore.
³ Division of Haematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore.

Case Reports

Samuel Sherng Young Wang et al. J Appl Lab Med. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 1;7(5):1237-1241.

doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfac052.

Samuel Sherng Young Wang¹, Gloria Chen², Eng Soo Yap^{2

3}, Clarice Choong⁴

¹ Division of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore.
² Division of Laboratory Medicine, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, JurongHealth, Singapore.
³ Division of Haematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore.

No abstract available

Keywords: DIC; case report; disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; fibrinogen; patient safety; post analytical transcription error.

Conflict of interest statement

Authors’ Disclosures or Potential Conflicts of Interest: No authors declared any potential conflicts of interest.