Plasmin and D.I.C.
Plasmin breaks the following products down into:
FDPs
Role plasmin plays in D.I.C.:
Fibrin monomers -
Fibrinogen -
Plasmin also digests the following procoagulant factors:
V, VIII, IX, XI
Thrombocytopenia develops due to platelets being trapped in fibrin mess
FDPs
Fibrin polymers -
FDPs
Cross-linked Fibrin polymers -
FDPs + D-Dimers
Role platelets play in D.I.C.: