“…Different disease-inducing stimuli have been studied in animal models of DIC. However, with comparable coagulation activation, very different patterns of responses have been described for fibrinolytic activity, organ dysfunction, inflammation status, and bleeding symptom, which differed markedly, e.g., between endotoxin- and tissue factor-induced DIC models in rats [ 39 ]. Therefore, a careful characterization of the model is required for an experimental and clinical use of such data, which are mentioned here as examples.…”