Symmetrical peripheral gangrene: A rare but dreadful complication of sepsis

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1037-1038

  Parmar, Malvinder S ^a  

^a Timmins and District Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORPROMAZINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOPAMINE; HEPARIN; INFUSION FLUID; NITRATE; NORADRENALIN; PREDNISONE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KNEE AMPUTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036976952     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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