[Disseminated intravascular coagulation in children under 1 year of age]

In this paper, comparison is made of the clinical with the anatomicopathological diagnosis of DIC. The review of the postmortem studies covered from March 1975 to March 1976 at Hospital de Pediatrïa, C.M.N., and the following were the conclusions: Only in 40 of the cases, the clinical diagnosis of DIC was made. DIC was seen more frequently in the neonatal stage. The anatomicopathological diagnostic criterion is emphasized. Hemorrhages and thromboses predominated in lungs. Paracoagulation tests were not useful.