Thrombolytic therapy in adult meningococcal purpura fulminans with acute renal failure and severe perfusion deficits to the extremities

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 650-654

  Pechlaner, Christoph ^b   Buratti, Thomas ^b   Biedermann, Helmut ^b   Joannidis, Michael ^b   Wiedermann, Christian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alteplase; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Fibrinolytic agents; Meningococcal infection; Perfusion; Septic; Shock; Thrombolytic therapy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FULMINATING PURPURA; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN PERFUSION; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOSIS; URINE VOLUME;

FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; SHOCK, SEPTIC; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0032869871     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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