A Selective Pulmonary Thrombosis Associated with Sepsis-Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-101

  Aihara, Masayuki ^a   Nakazawa, Tsugio ^b   Dobashi, Kunio ^a   Joshita, Takashi ^a   Kojima, Masaru ^a   Onai, Masayuki ^c   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toho Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inflammatory mediators; Leukocytes; Selective pulmonary thromboembolism; Septicemia; Standard therapies; Widespread intravascular coagulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FATALITY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEATH, SUDDEN; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031063022     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.97     Document Type: Article

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