Fever with multiple organ failure: Not always sepsis

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1090-1093

  Davlouros, P A ^a,b   Velissaris, D ^a,c   Tsiola, A ^a,b   Filos, K S ^a,c   Alexopoulos, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*

^c Intensive Care Unit

Author keywords

Multiple organ failure; Multisystem crisis; Phaeocromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESMOLOL; FLUCONAZOLE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MEROPENEM; MORPHINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENTOLAMINE; TERAZOSIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650472213     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800621     Document Type: Article

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