Early recognition and treatment of Calciphylaxis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-55

  Parker, Robert W ^a,b   Mouton, Charles P ^a   Young, Derick W ^a   Espino, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MC 7795 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Calciphylaxis; Diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY MASS; BREATHING DISORDER; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG THROMBOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULCER; VASCULAR ACCESS; WOUND CARE;

AGED; CALCIPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0037278170     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000047841.53171.19     Document Type: Article

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