Susan K. Picoli-Quaino, BSc, Brunna E. Alves, MD, PhD, Vanessa B. Faiotto, BSc, Silmara A.L. Montalvao, BSc, Carmino A. De Souza, MD, PhD, Joyce M. Annichino-Bizzacchi, MD, PhD, Erich V. De Paula, MD, PhD
According to the current model of the interplay between hemostasis and inflammation, the early phase of the host response to sepsis is characterized by a series of procoagulant changes that, in some patients, eventually develop into the clinical and laboratory syndrome of disseminated…