Rare causes
Hepatic disease:
- cirrhosis
- fulminant liver failure
Massive tissue injury:
- trauma
- burns
- extensive surgery
Immune response:
- incompatible blood transfusion
- anaphylaxis
Vascular:
- aortic aneurysm
- vasculitis
- cavernous haemangiomata (Kasabach-Merritt syndrome)
Miscellaneous:
- hypoxia
- heat exhaustion / stroke
- certain snake venoms
- diabetes ketoacidosis
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