Symmetrical peripheral gangrene of bilateral feet and unilateral hand after administration of vasopressors during septic shock

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2018, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Ruffin, Naeemah ^a   Vasa, Chirag V ^b   Breakstone, Sarah ^a   Axman, Wayne ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mount Sinai Queens   (United States)

Author keywords

adult intensive care; contraindications and precautions; infections; unwanted effects adverse reactions

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGATROBAN; DOPAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; NORADRENALIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSURIA; FLANK PAIN; FOOT AMPUTATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOE GANGRENE; URETERAL STENTING; UROSEPSIS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; AMPUTATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FOOT; GANGRENE; HAND;

AGED; AMPUTATION; FOOT; GANGRENE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; SHOCK, SEPTIC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 85041814356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223602     Document Type: Article

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