“…However, it is often difficult due to the patient’s medical condition such as advanced age or severe comorbidities [ 2 , 5 ]. Several anticoagulant agents have been reported to be effective for DIC, such as heparin [ 6 ], synthetic protease inhibitors [ 7 , 8 ], recombinant soluble thrombomodulin [ 9 ], and direct oral anticoagulants [ 4 , 10 ]. Antifibrinolytic agents such as tranexamic acid are generally not recommended for the DIC due to the increased risk of thromboembolic complications, but it could be a reasonable option in combination with anticoagulant agents for DIC with marked activation of fibrinolysis [ 2 , 11 – 13 , 15 ].…”