purpura fulminans/vomiting

A 70-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted with a 1-day history of malaise, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, rigors, and confusion. She was found to be in septic shock with purpura fulminans and disseminated intravascular coagulation. She died within 36 hours of admission. Blood cultures grew

Purpura fulminans (PF) is a rare skin disorder with extensive areas of blueblack hemorrhagic necrosis. Patients manifest typical laboratory signs of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Our case describes a 37-year-old previously healthy man who presented with 3 days of generalized malaise,

In late 1984, 10 children in a small, rural town in Brazil had high fever associated with vomiting and abdominal pain. Within 12-48 h of the onset of fever, purpura developed associated with vascular collapse and peripheral necrosis. All 10 children died. Cerebrospinal fluid examinations did not

A 47-year-old male presented to the emergency department with 12 hours of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and a widespread skin eruption with mottled, irregular, purpuric lesions with subsequent rapid decompensation. Laboratory analysis revealed thrombocytopenia, bandemia, elevated metamyelocytes,

This case presentation will discuss the pathophysiology of a child in septic shock due to Neisseria meningitidis. The most prevalent nursing care concerns of this case encountered during the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and during the general floor stay will be addressed. The nursing skill

METHODS Three young men became ill one after the other with fever, headaches, vomiting, arthralgias and muscle pain. One day after beginning of symptoms all three patients developed a haemorrhagic rash with petechial and ecchymotic lesions most intense on distal extremities. 24 hours later patient

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the features and outcome of classic galactosemia diagnosed in the neonatal period. METHODS A retrospective study was carried out on 22 newborns with classic galactosemia who were followed-up in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from January 2005

OBJECTIVE To report an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease from Meghalaya, in the north east India, from January 2008 through June 2009. METHODS Retrospective review of case sheets was done. One hundred ten patients with invasive meningococcal disease were included for the study. RESULTS Of