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Table 2 Characteristics of patients with decompensated DIC at presentation

From: Tissue factor-dependent and -independent pathways of systemic coagulation activation in acute myeloid leukemia: a single-center cohort study

No.

AML subtype

Age (years)

Sex

PB (103/µL)

Platelets (103/µL)

Fg (g/L)

D-dimer (mg/L)

TF PCA (AU/106 cells)

MP TF PCA

TF antigen (pg/mL)

DNA (ng/mL)

LDH (U/L)

Clinical outcome

1

M1

74

287

25

0.8

36.2

1,483

No

n. d.

n. d.

924

Deceased after 3 days (fatal PE)

2

M3 (APL)

61

97

14

0.8

26.4

6,141

Yes

n. d.

n. d.

n.d.

Deceased after 2 days (fatal ICH)

3

M5

69

1

114

0.3

32.9

9,939

n. d.

32

220

1,663

Deceased after 4.3 months

4

M3 (APL)

56

6

36

0.6

35.1

4,045

Yes

101

77

1,881

Alive at 69 months follow-up

5

M5

73

1

43

0.6

34.1

11,070

No

40

38,716

6,841

Deceased after 6 days (fatal ACS)

6

M1

74

40

88

0.6

22.1

4,515

Yes

115

1,513

1,409

Alive at 23 months follow-up

7

M2

69

79

80

0.9

35.4

515

Yes

72

222

566

Alive at 52 months follow-up

8

M3 (APL)

47

1

21

1.0

35.4

22,779

Yes

43

344

429

Deceased after 2.9 months (fatal pneumonia)

9

M3 (APL)

39

89

25

0.8

21.3

1,693

n. d.

n. d.

n. d.

3,072

Deceased after 5 days (fatal ICH)

10

M2

70

39

51

0.6

34.0

2,537

Yes

76

3,086

1,444

Deceased after 8.3 months

11

M4

21

115

61

1.0

34.0

5,926

No

141

450

2,140

Deceased after 4.4 months (recurrent AML with DIC)

  1. Tissue factor procoagulant activity (TF PCA), expressed as arbitrary units (AU), is of intact peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Reference ranges are as follows: platelets, 150–400 × 103/µL; fibrinogen, 1.8–4.0 g/L; D-dimer, 0–0.5 mg/L; LDH, 84–246 U/L.
  2. ACS acute coronary syndrome, APL acute promyelocytic leukemia, Fg fibrinogen, ICH intracerebral hemorrhage, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, MP microparticle, PE pulmonary embolism, PB peripheral blasts.