PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Leah K Winer AU - Christen Salyer AU - Nadine Beckmann AU - Charles C Caldwell AU - Vanessa Nomellini TI - Enigmatic role of coagulopathy among sepsis survivors: a review of coagulation abnormalities and their possible link to chronic critical illness AID - 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000462 DP - 2020 Oct 01 TA - Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open PG - e000462 VI - 5 IP - 1 4099 - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000462.short 4100 - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000462.full SO - Trauma Surg Acute Care Open2020 Oct 01; 5 AB - There are sparse clinical data addressing the persistence of disordered coagulation in sepsis and its role in chronic critical illness. Coagulopathy in the absence of anticoagulant therapy and/or liver disease can be highly variable in sepsis, but it tends to be prolonged in patients in the intensive care unit with a length of stay greater than 14 days. These coagulation abnormalities tend to precede multisystem organ failure and persistence of these coagulation derangements can predict 28-day mortality. The studies evaluated in this review consistently link sepsis-associated coagulopathy to poor long-term outcomes and indicate that disordered coagulation is associated with unfavorable outcomes in chronic critical illness. However, the causative mechanism and the definitive link remain unclear. Longer follow-up and more granular data will be required to fully understand coagulopathy in the context of chronic critical illness.