Bamgboje, Abayomi Hong, Jungrak Mushiyev, Savi Pekler, Gerald
Published in
The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 61-year-old Final Diagnosis: Phlegmasia cerulea dolens Symptoms: Bilateral leg swelling • breathlessness • cough • fever Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Cardiology • Infectious Diseases • Medicine, General and Internal Objective: Rare disease Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease...
Jain, Sandhya Rajaram, Shalini Kalra, Kanika Kamboj, Saloni Prakash, Seema
Published in
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Tsvetkov, Vitaly O. Gorshunova, Elena M. Kolovanova, Olga V. Kozlov, Jury A. Gobegishvili, Vakhtang V.
Published in
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
• Urgent guillotine amputation allows reducing lethality in critically ill patients with gangrene. • Reamputation as planned second stage of surgery allows to decrease a risk of wound complications. • Two-stages approach allows to perform more distant amputation in some cases.
Chun, Tristen T. Jimenez, Juan Carlos Pantoja, Joe L. Moriarty, John M. Freeman, Shanna
Published in
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Patients with acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) respiratory infection are associated with concomitant thromboembolic complications and a hypercoagulable state. Although these mechanisms are not completely understood, unique alterations in the serum markers for hemostasis and thrombosis have been detected. A high index of suspicion is requir...
Koh, Eunsil Kang, Noeul Lee, Jin-Young Kim, Duk-Kyung Do, Young Soo Lee, Byung-Jae Choi, Dong-Chull
Published in
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
BackgroundEosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a systemic necrotizing vasculitis mainly affecting small-sized arteries. Involvement of medium-sized vessels is very rare in EGPA. Here we present the case of a patient with EGPA who showed multiple hepatic aneurysms and distal gangrene.Case presentationA known EGPA patient visited t...
Adekiigbe, Riliwan Ugbode, Franklin Seoparson, Sunil Katriyar, Neeraj Fetterman, Alan
Published in
The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 47-year-old Final Diagnosis: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) • COVID-19 Symptoms: Chills • dyspnea • fever • respiratory distress Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Central venous catheterization • endotracheal Intubation Specialty: Critical Care Medicine Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Coronavirus disease 20...
Cheun, Tracy J Jayakumar, Lalithapriya Sideman, Matthew J Ferrer, Lucas Mitromaras, Christopher Miserlis, Dimitrios Davies, Mark G
Published in
Journal of vascular surgery
Major lower extremity amputations remain among the most common procedures performed by vascular surgeons in patients with diabetes and its associated peripheral vascular disease. After major amputation, this population commonly suffers from high readmission rates, increased wound complications, and conversion to more proximal major amputations. The...
Elkbuli, Adel Sanchez, Carol Kinslow, Kyle McKenney, Mark Boneva, Dessy
Published in
The American Journal of Case Reports
Patient: Male, 60-year-old Final Diagnosis: Severe empyema of the gallbladder Symptoms: Abdominal and/or epigastric pain • fever Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Surgery Objective: Unusual clinical course Background: Empyema of the gallbladder is a complication of cholecystitis that can develop into sepsis if not treated promptly. Sig...
Kang, Seung Ji Jung, Sook In Peck, Kyong Ran
Published in
Infection & chemotherapy
Vibrio vulnificus infection was first reported as a necrotizing skin disease of unknown cause in Korea in 1979. In the early days, this disease caused panic across the country due to dreadful wound and its high mortality. Since then, the nature of the disease has become better understood and the overwhelming public fear has dissipated. However, the...
OU, Shuang WANG, Xia HUANG, Yan ZHU, Yan-Tong WU, Mao-Lan ZHENG, Xiang-Rong LIU, Chen-Tao
Published in
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
12岁女性患儿，因发热、皮疹3 d入院。患儿3 d前出现反复高热及双下肢皮疹，左下肢皮疹于24 h之内迅速融合成片、中心出现蓝黑色出血性坏死及水疱。病程中出现PLT降低、纤维蛋白原及D-二聚体明显升高，确诊为暴发性紫癜。予美罗培南联合利奈唑胺抗感染、丙种球蛋白调节免疫、低分子肝素抗凝，将皮疹水疱处液体抽出、保护皮疹处伤口创面、防止感染等处理，患儿无发热，坏疽皮肤好转，PLT、纤维蛋白原及D-二聚体正常后出院。暴发性紫癜是一种罕见的、病情进展迅速的血栓性出血性疾病，多见于儿童。如不及时处理，可造成严重后遗症，致残率及病死率高。在治疗过程中，抗感染、纠正凝血功能、坏疽皮肤的局部管理至关重要。
