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Available online /content/10/4/222 Review Coagulation abnormalities in critically ill patients Marcel Levi1 and Steven M Opal2 1Department of Vascular Medicine and Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2Infectious Disease Division, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Corresponding author: Marcel Levi, m.m.levi@amc.uva.nl Published: 19 July 2006 Critical Care 2006, 10:222 (doi:10.1186/cc4975) This article is online at /content/10/4/222 ? 2006 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract The primary clinical relevance of thrombocytopeni