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Recognition of pyrogen reactions in patients studied with multiple-use cardiac catheters led to recommendations regarding their cleaning and ultimately to the expensive practice of discarding catheters after a single use. Primarily because of cost considerations, our laboratory continued to clean
Sympathomimetic drug overdose usually results in hypertensive crises, cardiac arrhythmias, rhabdomyolysis, seizures, and metabolic derangements such as hyperglycemia, acidosis, and electrolyte anomalies. Methamphetamine has fast become an increasing problem in the US with an exponential increase in
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate an outbreak of fever and hypotension after cardiac surgical procedures and the role of polygeline, a plasma expander.
METHODS
Unmatched case-control study.
METHODS
A six-bed cardiac surgery intensive care unit (SICU) of the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona (Spain), a 940-bed public
Mast cell disorders are defined by an abnormal accumulation of tissue mast cells in one or more organ systems. In systemic mastocytosis, at least one extracutaneous organ is involved by definition. Although, systemic mastocytosis usually represents with skin lesion called urticaria pigmentosa, in a
In 15 consecutive subjects hospitalized with nephropathia epidemica, a European form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, the plasma concentrations of nitrate plus nitrite, stable metabolites of nitric oxide, were determined. From day 3 of onset of disease the concentrations increased, peak
Systemic inflammation is common in patients with nephropathia epidemica (NE), a European form of hemorrhagic fever. Markers of inflammation were studied in a patient with NE with respiratory insufficiency (patient 1), 18 other patients with NE, and 13 patients with a viral infectious disease other
A 65-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of syncope, hyperthermia and urinary disturbance. Neurological examination revealed cerebellar ataxia, muscular rigidity, hyperreflexia with Babinski sign in both sides, and various autonomic dysfunctions including anisocoria, orthostatic
The purposes of this study were to determine whether the febrile and hypotensive reactions to the administration of polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid [poly (I)-poly (C)] complexed with poly-L-lysine and carboxymethylcellulose (poly ICLC) (9S) encountered in humans could be duplicated in
The stroke patient often suffers additional medical complications related to age, heart and artery damage and immobility. Pulmonary embolism is one condition that can sometimes be prevented. Heart disease must be detected and treated, as it is the principal cause of death after stroke. Recent data
BACKGROUND
Succinylcholine causes immediate and severe arterial hypotension in swine with the malignant hyperthermia phenotype. The underlying mechanisms are unknown.
METHODS
Malignant hyperthermia-susceptible (MHS; n = 10) and normal swine (n = 5) were anesthetized with thiopental. The following
A 73-year-old man presented with fever and hypotension, which had developed a few hours after receiving treatment with benzyl-penicillin for secondary syphilis. These symptoms were due to the so-called Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction. The patient was admitted to hospital and treated with prednisone and
Pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) survival is limited by the development of post-transplant infections. In this overview, we discuss a clinical approach to the prompt recognition and treatment of fever and hypotension in pediatric HCT patients. Special attention is paid to
Heat stroke is characterized by hyperthermia, arterial hypotension, decreased baroreflex sensitivity, and increased serum levels of beta-endorphin. Whereas naltrexone may have therapeutic potential in heat stroke, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We tested the hypothesis that naltrexone may
The new era of immunotherapy in cancer has led to a dramatical increase in patients survival but also to the emergence of a new type of immune-mediated toxicities mimicking known diseases but with special features. As the spectrum of checkpoint inhibitors is widening to many types of cancer
It was previously postulated on the basis of clinical data that the cardiovascular sequelae of extracorporeal whole-body hyperthermia (e-WBH), i.e., hypotension (which requires catecholamine support) results in unique nephrotoxicity in combination with select chemotherapeutic agents. In an attempt