Current status and challenges in sepsis diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
Zhenduanxue lilun yu shijianSepsis 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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Multiple organ failure - death of consumer protection? [PDF]
, 2010 The enormously profitable complementary medicines, dietary supplements and traditional medicines markets are largely unregulated internationally and South Africa.
Jobson, M R, Steinman, H A
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Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm ligation after orthotopic liver transplantation-a report of 7 cases [PDF]
, 1992 Pseudoaneurysm (PA) is a rare but life-threatening complication of liver transplantation. The authors present their experience on 7 patients treated by ligation of a post-OLT PA.
Gordon, R +7 more
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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 +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 +3 more
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Reduction of circulating cholesterol and apolipoprotein levels during sepsis [PDF]
, 1999 Sepsis with multiple organ failure is frequently associated with a substantial decrease of cholesterol levels. This decrease of cholesterol is strongly associated with mortality suggesting a direct relation between inflammatory conditions and altered ...
Alvarez C +27 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 +2 more
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Assessment of cerebral microbleeds by susceptibility-weighted imaging at 3T in patients with end-stage organ failure [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are small rounded lesions representing cerebral hemosiderin deposits surrounded by macrophages that results from previous microhemorrhages.
Cannella, Roberto +5 more
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Multiple organ failure after trauma affects even long-term survival and functional status [PDF]
, 2007 Background The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of organ failure in trauma patients treated in an intensive care unit (ICU), and to study the relationship between organ failure and long-term survival and functional status.
Atle Ulvik +3 more
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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 +4 more
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