Hemostasis

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If the thrombin were to float away from the platelets into the blood, it could cause fatal clotting! So your blood also contains anticoagulation factors like antithrombin, whose job is to break down the thrombin.

cerebral hemorrhage

septic shock

pulmonary embolism

 
Which complication would be most likely in somebody with an antithrombin deficiency?