On Disseminated Intravacular Coagulation

Robbins has this to say on DIC, the syndrome that contributed to Yasir Arafat's death:

The prognosis is highly variable and depends, to a considerable extent, on the underlying disorder. The management of these cases requires meticulous maneuvering between the Scylla of thrombosis and the Charybdis of bleeding diathesis.

I fucking love this book.


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Blur- Modern Life is Rubbish