Repeated Sepsis in an 83-Year-Old Man With Cancer With Long-Lasting Invasive Treatments
Abstract
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection damages its own tissues and organs. Sepsis is caused by an inflammatory immune response triggered by an infection. Its risk factors include aging, weak immune system, major trauma, or burns. Treatment of sepsis is often based on fluid replacement and antibiotic therapy. In this study, an 83-year-old man is reported with two times of diagnosis of sepsis during three years. The first sepsis was due to an infection of the colostomy and the second one followed an infection at tracheostomy site. It seems that the disease and the underlying condition of the patient contribute to the occurrence of sepsis. The patient each time was discharged from the hospital after successful response to the treatment.
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[3] Zhou J, Bai Y, Wang X, Yang J, Fu P, Cai D, et al. A simple risk score for prediction of sepsis associated-acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. Journal of Nephrology. 2019; 2019:1-10. [DOI:10.1007/ s40620-019-00625-y]
[4] Komori A, Abe T, Kushimoto S, Ogura H, Shiraishi A, Deshpande GA, et al. Clinical features of patients with candidemia in sepsis. Journal of General and Family Medicine. 2019; 20(4):161-3. [DOI:10.1002/ jgf2.250] [PMID] [PMCID]
[5] Rumbus Z, Garami A. Fever, hypothermia, and mortality in sepsis. Temperature. 2019; 6(2):101-3. [DOI:10.1080/23328940.2018.151 6100] [PMID] [PMCID]
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[11] Misheva B, Hajjar R, Mercier F, Schwenter F, Sebajang H. Conservative management of pelvic sepsis with severe shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome after rubber-band ligation of internal haemorrhoids: Surgery is not the only option. Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2018; 2018(8):rjy199. [DOI:10.1093/jscr/rjy199]
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| Issue | Vol 4 No 4 (2019): Autumn | |
| Section | Case Report(s) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/crcp.v4i4.2390 | |
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| Sepsis Chronic diseases colostomy Tracheostomy Cancer | ||
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Imanipour M, Rasoulzadeh N, Hosseini A. Repeated Sepsis in an 83-Year-Old Man With Cancer With Long-Lasting Invasive Treatments. CRCP. 2020;4(4):122-124.
