Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia presenting with adrenal insufficiency caused by bilateral hemorrhagic adrenal infarction during sepsis

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Gelisse, E ^a   Gratia, E ^a   Just, B ^a   Mateu, P ^a  

^a ICU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; CEFTRIAXONE; DNA ANTIBODY; FLUDROCORTISONE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BILATERAL HEMORRHAGIC ADRENAL INFARCTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PANCREATITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; HEMORRHAGE; INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84899959862     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: 17696623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2014.02.021     Document Type: Letter

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