Bone Marrow Infiltration in Rosai–Dorfman Disease by Fatima Zahra Rahali, Fatima Taher, Houda Nassih, Sanae Sayagh

“…One week after admission, she died of septic shock before the final establishment of RDD diagnosis. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus Myocarditis with Associated Left Ventricular Apical Thrombus by Michael McGee, Emily Shiel, Stephen Brienesse, Stuart Murch, Robert Pickles, James Leitch

“…Here, we report a case of a 44-year-old man on methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis who presented in septic shock and was diagnosed with staphylococcus aureus myocarditis. …”
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A Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia after Treatment with Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Rituximab Chemotherapy, with Aut... by Ing S. Tiong, Michael B. Y. Lau, Seventeen Toumoua, Shingirai Chiruka

“…He died 13 days later from septic shock with positive blood cultures. A limited postmortem examination was performed and biopsies were taken from bone marrow, liver, and spleen. …”
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The Case for Improved Interprofessional Care: Fatal Analgesic Overdose Secondary to Acute Dental Pain during Pregnancy by Sarah K. Y. Lee, Rocio B. Quinonez, Alice Chuang, Stephanie M. Munz, Darya Dabiri

“…Through the course of her illness, the patient suffered adverse outcomes including fetal demise, acute kidney injury, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and septic shock before eventual death from multiple organ failure. …”
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Citrate Anticoagulation for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: Success and Limits by Filippo Mariano, Daniela Bergamo, Ezio Nicola Gangemi, Zsuzsanna Hollo', Maurizio Stella, Giorgio Triolo

“…However, large studies with dedicated machines have indeed demonstrated that citrate anticoagulation is well tolerated, safe, and an easy to handle even in septic shock critically ill patients.…”
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Perforated colon cancer complicated by necrotizing soft tissue infection: A case report and literature review by Xin Xiang, Jian Zheng, Cheng-Wei Ma, Lei Ruan, Jing-Zheng Zhuang, Qing-Chun Li

“…Following admission, the patient developed septic shock and acute kidney injury. Emergency surgery was performed, including radical resection of the colon cancer, proximal colostomy, and extensive debridement of necrotic tissue. …”
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Ultrasound Assisted Catheter Directed Thrombolysis in the Management of a Right Atrial Thrombus: A New Weapon in the Armamentarium? by Mohamed Shokr, Ramanjit Kaur, Kevin Belgrave, Arshad Javed, Mahir Elder, Shaun Cardozo, Luis Afonso, Amir Kaki

“…Catheter related thrombosis (CRT) is a commonly encountered entity fraught with substantial risk for mortality secondary to various complications including pulmonary embolism (PE), tricuspid regurgitation, endocarditis, right sided heart failure, and cardiogenic and septic shock. CRT carries a mortality rate of 18% in hemodialysis patients and more than 40% in nonhemodialysis patients. …”
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Clinical-epidemiological study on Fournier's gangrene in a Luanda hospital. From January 2016 to December 2021 by Tomas Ariel Lombardo Vaillant

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Fournier's gangrene is a serious polymicrobial infection caused by microorganisms that act synergistically and determine a progressive necrotizing fasciitis in the scrotum and perineum with manifestations of sepsis that can progress to septic shock and organ failure. <br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize clinically and epidemiologically Fournier's gangrene in patients diagnosed in a reference hospital unit. …”
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Role of Dexmedetomidine by Improving Sleep Quality and Pain Control in Covid-19 Patients by Maliha Khalid, Faheem Feroze, Saad bin Qamar, Naseem Abbas, Saeed Farooq, Aisha Siddiqui

“…INTRODUCTION: Covid-19 disease is a deadly contagious disease with milder symptoms to a more severe form with acute respiratory failure, septic shock leading to even death. Literature study shows High Flow Nasal Oxygen therapy and prolonged prone position sessions to be beneficial in the treatment of ARDS, however, to facilitate those sessions, a sedative and anxiolytic agent must be added in the treatment. …”
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E. coli Meningitis Presenting in a Patient with Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis by Juliana B. Gomez, Yvan Maque, Manuel A. Moquillaza, William E. Anicama

“…Three days later the patient died in the intensive care unit due to septic shock. Autopsy was performed and microscopic examination revealed the presence of multiple Strongyloides larvae throughout the body. …”
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Association between Elevated Serum Tau Protein Level and Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy in Patients with Severe Sepsis by Teng Zhao, Yan Xia, Dawei Wang, Li Pang

“…The patients included in this study were diagnosed with severe sepsis or septic shock. The serum tau protein level was measured using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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MRI findings in organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy: A case report by Salma Moussaoui, Salma El Ouadih, Anas Orgi, Aicha Merzem, Hasna Belgadir, Omar Amriss, Nadia Moussali, Naima El Benna

“…Despite corticosteroid therapy, the patient's condition worsened due to septic shock, leading to death. This case highlights the importance of MRI in diagnosing OPIDN which remains rare and poorly documented in the literature. …”
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Inhibitory Effect of (2S)-Pinocembrin From Goniothalamus macrophyllus on the Prostaglandin E2 Production in Macrophage Cell Lines by Hilwan Yuda Teruna, Kamal Rullah, Rudi Hendra, Rahayu Utami, Deri Islami, Siti Munirah Mohd Faudzi, Mohd Fadhlizil Fasihi Mohd Aluwi, Kok Wai Lam

“…These findings suggest that the compound may prevent worsening of septic shock caused by bacterial infection.…”
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SAFETY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN HEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA – A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY by Ivan GUR, Roei Tounek, Yaniv Dotan, Elite Vainer Evgrafov, Stav Rakedzon, Eyal Fuchs

“…Results Of the 507 patients included in the final analysis, the 281 patients with VST had lower hemoglobin (Md=0.3, p=0.003), longer prothrombin-time (Md=0.7s, p=0.025), higher chances of preprocedural platelet transfusion (RR 3.68, 95%CI[2.86,4.73]), and only one primary-outcome event (death of septic shock 21h postprocedurally) - compared with 3 (1.3%) events (two bleedings halting procedure and one need for non-invasive-ventilation) in patients with platelets ≥20x103/μL (p=0.219). …”
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Prognosis of Severe Covid-19 patients after treatment with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) by Maliha Khalid, Faheem Feroze, Saad Bin Qamar, Naseem Abbas, Saeed Farooq, Aisha Siddiqui

“…INTRODUCTION: Covid-19 disease is a deadly contagious disease with milder symptoms to a more severe form with acute respiratory failure, septic shock leading to even death. Literature study showed  that  in severe  Covid-19  patients, a hyper-inflammatory response  to  initial  infection could accelerate  to  severe  hyper-cytokinaemia that  could  lead to  an  underlying endothelial  dysfunction and multiple organ dysfunction. …”
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Elevated plasma levels of endothelin are associated with the severity of sepsis and presence of shock in contrast to the levels of atrial natriuretic peptide by A. Beishuizen, J. M. Götz, L. Kip, C. Haanen, I. Vermes

“…Serial blood sampling, six consecutive days after admission, showed that ETi levels gradually decreased in normotensive patients in contrast to patients with septic shock. ANPi levels did not show systematic changes in time, and no relationship was observed between ETi and ANPi levels. …”
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Can utilization of the venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide difference improve patient outcomes in cardiogenic shock? A narrative review by Oskar Kjærgaard Hørsdal

“…The venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide tension difference (V-A PCO₂ gap, also known as P(V-A)CO2 and delta PCO2 or ∆PCO2) has been established as a sensitive marker of tissue perfusion and CO adequacy in septic shock but lacks extensive exploration in CS.This narrative review evaluates the possible uses of V-A PCO₂ gap in contemporary management of CS. …”
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A Case of Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome Resulting from an Invasive Pneumococcal Infection in a Patient with a Hypoplastic Spleen by Kazumasa Emori, Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Junichi Soneda

“…Examination of the vital sign indicated septic shock. Laboratory data and blood gas analysis revealed disseminated intravascular coagulation, multiple organ failure, and metabolic acidosis. …”
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Acute Pulmonary Aspergillosis as a Severe Complication of Influenza, Pneumococcal Pneumonia, and Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in ICU by Tamara Seitz, Wolfgang Hoepler, Stephanie Neuhold, Christoph Wenisch

“…The patient improved at first due to antimicrobial therapy; nine days after admission, her clinical condition deteriorated again, and she was transferred to ICU due to septic shock accompanied by respiratory failure, necessitating mechanical ventilation and high-dose catecholamine support. …”
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Fatal Multiorgan Failure Associated with Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection: A Case Report by Michael Glas, Sigrun Smola, Thorsten Pfuhl, Juliane Pokorny, Rainer M. Bohle, Arno Bücker, Jörn Kamradt, Thomas Volk

“…Here we describe the case of a 70-year-old male admitted with macrohematuria and signs of acute infection and finally deceasing in a septic shock with multi organ failure 17 days after admission to intensive care unit. …”
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