A nurse is assessing a client who has disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A. Immediate sodium and fluid retention is incorrect because DIC is not primarily associated with sodium or fluid retention; it involves abnormal clotting and bleeding. B. Progressive increase in platelet production is incorrect because in DIC, platelets are consumed in the widespread clotting process, leading to thrombocytopenia, not increased production. C. Excessive thrombosis and bleeding is correct because DIC is characterized by uncontrolled clotting throughout the body, which uses up clotting factors and platelets, causing both widespread thrombosis and bleeding. D. Increased clotting factors is incorrect because in DIC, clotting factors are depleted, not increased, due to continuous abnormal clotting.