This section presents medications that are known to potentially lead to 'Purpura fulminans' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. Please be ...
CORRECTION of abnormally low concentration of plasma components is usually attempted by replacement therapy. However, evidence from studies of purpura fulminans in man 1,2 and from studies of the ...
Every case has a hinge point, a key feature around which the differential diagnosis is built. In this case, the hinge point is the splenectomy. N meningitidis is associated with sepsis and severe DIC ...
This paper is a report of the successful use of clinical dextran in a patient with purpura fulminans. G.G., an 11-year-old boy, was admitted to the Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children on July 4, ...
A 15-year-old girl presented with a two-day history of fever, confusion and rash. On examination, she had hypotension, stiffness of the neck and a purpuric rash covering her extremities (Figure 1A). A ...
Heartwarming footage shows a seven-year-old boy's first steps in his prosthetic legs after losing his limbs as a toddler to a one-in-a-million disease. Romeo Hadley, from Cardiff, was just three years ...
A four-year-old girl almost lost her legs when they turned black after she contracted a rare condition triggered by chicken pox. Bo August, from Worcester, spent two-and-a-half months in hospital and ...
Romeo was diagnosed with purpura fulminans after complaining of leg pain Romeo Hadley was three years old when he lost both his legs. Now seven, after 18 months of hard work, he can walk on prosthetic ...
A 17-day-old term neonate (birth weight 5.5 kg, cesarean section) was treated with antibiotics and given partial parenteral nutrition after the reduction of a small-bowel volvulus. He went on to ...
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