Paul Scott Thorner

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is the excessive activation of the coagulation pathway with thrombus formation, progressing to a consumptive coagulopathy with an imbalance between the fibrinolytic and antifibrinolytic systems, resulting in uncontrolled haemorrhage. Sepsis is the most common condition associated with DIC, usually manifesting as diffuse bleeding, commonly involving the gastrointestinal tract. However, intraluminal intestinal haematoma leading to obstruction is rare, and such patients usually improve with management. We report what we believe is the first case of a fatal intraluminal intestinal hematoma in an infant with DIC....

The International Classification of Diseases for Perinatal Mortality (ICD-PM) coding was introduced in 2016, as a global system for reporting causes of perinatal death. The aim of this study was to classify stillbirths by the ICD-PM, comparing input from clinical data, placental pathology and autopsy results....