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Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection.
This report aims to deepen the understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, clinical characteristics, and treatment of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI). A patient treated at Taihe Hospital for tuberculous OPSI is described, and relevant literature is reviewed. Broad-spectrum antibiotics, suppression of the systemic inflammatory reaction, and anti-shock measures were the keys to th...
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Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection is a term used to describe the clinical syndrome of fulminant bacteraemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, multi-organ failure, severe hypoglycaemia and rapid death which has been described in patients who have been splenectomised for a variety of reasons.1 2 Whilst the highest mortality has been reported in the early post-operative period and in t...
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Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) is a rare medical emergency, mainly caused by encapsulated bacteria, shortly progressing from a mild flulike syndrome to a fulminant, potentially fatal, sepsis. The risk of OPSI is higher in children and in patients with underlying benign or malignant hematological disorders. The identification of Howell-Jolly bodies on peripheral blood examination ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.139.1.99