Pseudosepsis: Rectus sheath hematoma mimicking septic shock

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 434-437

  Hamid, Naveed S ^a   Spadafora, Philip F ^a   Khalife, Michael E ^a   Cunha, Burke A ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; DAPTOMYCIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID THERAPY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE HEMATOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751418935     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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