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Procalcitonin Level and Organ Dysfunction in Children with Sepsis: A Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Nobel Medical College, 2022
Background: Procalcitonin is produced in response to endotoxin or mediators released in response to bacterial infections and are reported to be sensitive predictor of sepsis and multiple organ failure.
Sandip Kumar Singh, Vikash Kumar Sah, Parag Shankarrao Dekate   +2 more
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Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis with Multiple Organ Failure

Case Reports in Dermatology, 2021
Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is a rare, self-limiting condition. It presents with sterile skin pustules. We present a middle-aged lady with fluid nonresponsive circulatory shock and multiple organ dysfunction secondary to AGEP.
Tausif Syed, Abdullah Sayied Abdullah, Mahmood Mubasher, Zohaib Yousaf, Mouhand F.H. Mohamed, Richard Alweis   +5 more
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The potential of adipokines in identifying multiple trauma patients at risk of developing multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

European Journal of Medical Research, 2021
Background Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and the consecutive multiple organ failure (MOF) are severe and dreaded complications with a high mortality in multiple trauma patients.
Julian Haupt, Niels Krysiak, Marina Unger, Viktoria Bogner-Flatz, Peter Biberthaler, Marc Hanschen, Martijn van Griensven, Alexander T. Haug   +7 more
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Current status and challenges in sepsis diagnosis and treatment [PDF]

Zhenduanxue lilun yu shijian
Sepsis leads to approximately 11 million deaths globally each year, and its incidence is still on the rise, particularly in aging societies. Elderly patients, due to multiple underlying diseases and declined immune function, often progress rapidly to ...
HUANG Man, DING Shuo
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Hyperglycemia and multiple organ failure in a male adolescent

Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports, 2023
Introduction: This unique critical case, illustrates severe hyperglycemic dehydration, profound electrolyte derangements, and multiple organ failure complicating mixed HHS and DKA.
Naser Amin Zahran, William Patrick Zeller, Gerald A. Charnogursky   +2 more
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Restoration of Intestinal Propulsion in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis in the Conditions of the Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit

Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2023
The intestine plays an important role in the processes of systemic inflammation, sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction, in the course of hemorrhagic shock, trauma, burns, pancreatitis, extensive abdominal surgery and in seriously ill patients in ...
V. V. Kiselev, S. S. Petrikov, M. S. Zhigalova, S. V. Novikov, N. V. Shavrina, P. A. Yartsev   +5 more
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Refractory gram-negative septic shock complicated by extended and multiple organ failure in a 23-year-old puerpera -a case report- [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
Background Pregnancy-related infections are the third most common cause of maternal death worldwide. The aim of this report is to present a case of pregnancy-related infection, which progressed into refractory septic shock accompanied by purpura ...
Dmitriy Viderman, Yerlan Umbetzhanov, Talgat Temirov, Vsevolod V Kuzkov   +3 more
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Multiple organ failure in the newborn

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
Multiple organ failure (MOF), or multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) as more recently known, is a clinical syndrome characterized by the failure of two, or more, organs which are unable to maintain homeostasis without intervention.
Roberto Aufieri, Simonetta Picone, Piermichele Paolillo   +2 more
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Colchicine-Related Polyneuropathy and Multiple Organ Failure

Türk Nöroloji Dergisi, 2013
Colchicine arrests microtubule assembly and inhibits many cellular functions. This drug is used to treat gout and and Familial Mediterranean Fever. Its gastrointestinal side effects are frequent but more severe adverse effects such as neuropathy and ...
Ersel Dağ, Yakup Türkel, Burcu Gökçe
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Catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy and multiple organ failure in pheochromocytoma

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2020
A 55-year-old Caucasian woman with no significant past medical history presented with chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, and nausea. Physical examination was notable for a blood pressure of 182/87 mmHg, heart rate (HR) of 74 beats per minute (
Joel Thekekara, Atchayaa Gunasekharan, Young Kwon, Niaz Memon, Joe N Hackworth   +4 more
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