In disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), the nurse assesses for active bleeding after in-travascular clotting because:
a. prothrombin is activated.
b. clotting factors are depleted.
c. inflammatory mediators are released.
d. tissue factor (TF) is inactivated.
ANS: B
Intravascular clotting leads to depletion of clotting factors. DIC is due to depletion of clotting factors, not activation of prothrombin. Activation of clotting associated with DIC leads to in-flammation, but inflammation does not cause DIC. TF is activated during DIC.
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