[The disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome in endotoxin shock]

Dynamics of blood coagulation and morphological changes after the intravenous administration of Salmonella typhimurium endotoxin is studied experimentally in Chinchilla rabbits. The stages of blood coagulation are established characteristic for the above syndrome. The signs of the developing blood stasiopathy with the domination of vascular wall damage and thrombocyte aggregation are observed. No considerable consumption of the blood coagulation factors is found. It is concluded that a leading role in the pathogenesis of the endotoxin shock microcirculatory disturbances belongs to the vascular damage and aggregation thrombocytopenia and not to the coagulopathy consumption.