Multiple Organ Maintenance/Replacement Therapy

The evolution and therapy aspects in multiple organ dysfunction sepsis

Background Severe sepsis was the subject of intense debate over the years, and in the last twenty years there has been a constant effort to identify therapies that reduce mortality. Although the inflammatory response is often adapted to the etiologic agent and to the increase of the mediators in association with organ dysfunction, it is not currently possible to rapidly assess the patients’ abi...

Multiple Organ Damage Due to Boric Acid Toxicity

Background: Boric acid (BA) is commonly used as pesticide, disinfectant and wood preservative. Its ingestion can cause serious organ damages resulting in death. Case report: A 19 year old man was found dead with two empty packs of BA tablets in vicinity of his body. On autopsy examination, brownish stains along with right angle of mouth and right nostril were found. Stomach was damaged with hem...

Therapy of Severe Heatshock in Combination With Multiple Organ Dysfunction With Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

This study aimed to compare the clinical effects of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and routine therapy in heatshock (HS) patients.We retrospectively reviewed the clinical information of 33 severe exertional HS patients who were treated from February 1998 to October 2013. On the basis of whether or not CRRT therapy was used in addition to conventional therapy, patients were divided ...

multiple organ involvement with hydatid cysts

hydatid disease is the most common infections worldwide, but it rarely involves multiple organs. herein, a 12-year-old boy is presented, who was admitted to children's medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran with symptoms of irritability, sleepless, and weak­ness of the extremities. patient's brain computed tomography (ct) scan with contrast media showed large multil...

Multiple Organ Procurement