This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages without signing in

Differential diagnosis

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

This includes:

  • liver disease - mild/moderate liver disease is distinguishable from DIC by having normal fibrinogen levels and normal or slightly reduced platelets; severe disease is less difficult to distinguish
  • vitamin K deficiency - fibrinogen level and platelet count unaffected
  • sepsis - fibrinogen level usually normal
  • thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura - fibrinogen level and other coagulation tests usually normal

Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Annotations allow you to add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation. E.g. a website or number. This information will always show when you visit this page.