3 results for “overwhelming post-splenectomy sepsis”
78y · Male·Complications of bowel surgery; specifically post-operative chest infection and …
…9 August with right hemicolectomy. Post-operatively, he developed chest infection on day 4, progressing to sepsis and multi-organ failure. Death resulted from post-operative complications including overwhelming post-sple…
6y · Female·Brain stem herniation due to pneumococcal meningitis
…itical clinical lessons include: (1) asplenic children presenting with fever must be treated for bacterial sepsis until proven otherwise, regardless of appearing clinically well; (2) high white cell counts (46.5) in aspl…
57y · Male·streptococcus pneumonia septicaemia due to splenectomy
Maarouf El-Cheikh, a 57-year-old man with splenectomy history, presented to Calvary Hospital ED with sepsis on 21 March 2016 and died 22 March 2016. Expert review identified multiple sub-optimal care deficiencies: …
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