Masking of the symptoms of esophageal and bowel perforation by combination treatment of sepsis with polyvalent immunoglobulins and low-dose hydrocortisone.
Hepatogastroenterology
; 43(9): 515-8, 1996.
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| ID: mdl-8799386
ABSTRACT
Sepsis is usually treated with surgical drainage, antibiotics, oxygenation optimization and volume resuscitation. Recent monoclonal and polyclonal anti-bodies have been used to treat sepsis by neutralizing the endotoxins and cytokines found in septic patients. This method does not significantly reduce mortality except in certain sub-populations of the treatment groups. We introduced a combination approach for sepsis treatment. This adjuvant therapy consists of polyclonal human immunoglobins together with infusion of low-dose hydrocortisone. This paper reports the results of this treatment in two different cases.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Imunoglobulina A
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Imunoglobulina M
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Hidrocortisona
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Síndrome de Resposta Inflamatória Sistêmica
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Perfuração Esofágica
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Perfuração Intestinal
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Anti-Inflamatórios
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hepatogastroenterology
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha