An unusual case of disseminated intravascular coagulation
| Autor: | Dharmesh Rajput, Kiruparajan Jesudason, Mojiba Kenbaz, Dmitri Pchejetski, Heba Alshaker |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Case Report 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Malignancy Microbiology Cachexia law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Disseminated intravascular coagulation business.industry Immunosuppression Emergency department medicine.disease Surgery Infectious Diseases Infective endocarditis Cardiology Artificial cardiac pacemaker Parasitology business |
| Zdroj: | Oxford Medical Case Reports |
| Popis: | The use of cardiac pacemakers is increasing worldwide. Infective endocarditis from a pacemaker lead is a rare, but one of the most severe complications of pacemaker insertion. The diagnosis of pacemaker-related infective endocarditis is usually delayed due to unspecific clinical signs and symptoms at presentation compared to native valve infective endocarditis. Several factors can increase the risk of cardiac pacemaker-related infective endocarditis including cachexia, malignancy, diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression and corticosteroid treatment. This case report is about a 70-year-old diabetic male who presented to the emergency department with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), cardiac and liver failure. He was diagnosed with pacemaker infective endocarditis, which was ultimately fatal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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