Quotes About Hypercoagulability

Some physiologic responses to acute pain and stress are mediated by neuroendocrine activation and increased sympathetic tone. As a consequence, patients develop tachycardia, increased myocardial oxygen consumption, immunosuppression, hypercoagulability, persistent catabolism, and numerous other metabolic alterations.5

The second surprise was hypercoagulability—a pronounced tendency to develop blood clots.