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- Title
All that seems sepsis is not sepsis.
- Authors
Guleria, Vivek S.; Chauhan, Prabhat; Shankar, Subramanian; Nair, Velu
- Abstract
Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (CAPS) resembles severe sepsis in its acute presentation, with features of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) leading to multiple organ dysfunction. Infections are the best known triggers of CAPS. This emphasizes the need for early diagnosis and aggressive treatment as the mortality is as high as 50%. We present a 42-year-old woman who developed SIRS postoperatively and was eventually diagnosed as CAPS
- Subjects
ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID syndrome; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; BLOOD testing; CHEST X rays; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; SEPSIS; SHOCK (Pathology); SKIN; SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus; SOCIAL services case management; EARLY medical intervention; DISEASE complications; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2013, Vol 17, Issue 3, p185
- ISSN
0972-5229
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0972-5229.117077