Improving sonographic visualisation of the appendix in a regional referral hospital by Shyr Chui, Carly Phinney, Karina Hansen, Deanna Danskin

“…When the appendix is not visualised during a dedicated appendix ultrasound study, patients may require a CT study, which uses ionising radiation, or undergo conservative clinical observation with the inherent risk of clinical deterioration, perforation and sepsis. Median baseline data, at our hospital imaging department, revealed a rate of combined normal and abnormal appendix visualisation of 34.5% which is below the reported visualisation rates in the North American literature and well below the rates reported in the global literature. …”
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Persistent Bacteremia from Pseudomonas aeruginosa with In Vitro Resistance to the Novel Antibiotics Ceftolozane-Tazobactam and Ceftazidime-Avibactam by Louie Mar Gangcuangco, Patricia Clark, Cynthia Stewart, Goran Miljkovic, Zane K. Saul

“…A 68-year-old man with newly diagnosed follicular lymphoma was admitted to the medical intensive care unit for sepsis and right lower extremity cellulitis. The patient was placed empirically on vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam. …”
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A unique case report on campylobacter rectus infection leading to acute motor axonal neuropathy in a pediatric patient by Uchechukwu Ibewuike, MBBS, John Kim, MD, Swati Mody, MBBS, Gregory Obala, MD, Ebere Ibezim, MBBS

“…A 14-year-old male was admitted to the hospital with sepsis. About 1 week before his admission, the patient sustained an injury to his left eye from a cell phone, resulting in considerable edema. …”
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Necrotising Myositis, the Deadly Impersonator by A. Rahman, A. K. Abou-Foul, A. Yusaf, J. Holton, L. Cogswell

“…Patient 2, a 61-year-old female with a background of rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension, presented to accident and emergency feeling generally unwell and was treated for presumed respiratory sepsis. Both deteriorated rapidly and were referred to the plastic surgery team with soft tissue necrosis, impending multiorgan failure and toxaemia. …”
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HMGB1 and Extracellular Histones Significantly Contribute to Systemic Inflammation and Multiple Organ Failure in Acute Liver Failure by Runkuan Yang, Xiaoping Zou, Jyrki Tenhunen, Tor Inge Tønnessen

“…ALF has a high mortality that is associated with multiple organ failure (MOF) and sepsis; however, the underlying mechanisms are still not clear. …”
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Exploring Developmental Care in Neonatal Jaundice Management: A Case Report with Supporting Literature Synthesis by Esther Aduramo, Deborah T. Esan, Emmanuel Adesuyi, Opeoluwa Olabode, Elizabeth Awoniyi, Blessed Oyama, Oluwadamilare Akingbade

“…Upon admission, she required high-flow oxygen therapy for mild respiratory distress and intravenous antibiotics for suspected sepsis. Her serum bilirubin levels reached 236 µmol/L, exceeding the treatment threshold defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, leading to the initiation of phototherapy. …”
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Risk factor of postoperative pulmonary complications after colorectal cancer surgery: an analysis of nationwide inpatient sample by Liping Huang, Junli Luo, Yifan Wang, Lu Gan, Nuo Xu, Jinzi Chen, Cai Li

“…In addition, postoperative complications, such as continuous mechanical ventilation (OR 8.18), sepsis (OR 4.46), deep vein thrombosis (OR 4.17) and shock (OR 4.07) were the most important risk factors of PPCs. …”
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Metabolic studies and calculi analysis in urinary lithiasis, how to stop recurrence? by Catalina Barco-Castillo, Camila Uribe, Angela Bohórquez, Carlos Gustavo Trujillo, Adolfo Serrano

“…Las complicaciones incluyen hematuria, anuria debido a la obstrucción bilateral o unilateral en el riñón solitario y la sepsis. La recurrencia ocurre en hasta el 50% de los pacientes después de 5 años desde el primer episodio, y aquellos paciente requieren estudios metabólicos y análisis del cálculo. …”
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Liver and spleen elastography in diagnosis of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction: pilot study by M. Yu. Nadinskaya, Ye. O. Liusina, Ch. S. Pavlov

“…Following causes for PVT were established: systemic factors - myeloproliferative diseases, G20210A prothrombin gene mutation, and local factors: complications after pancreatobiliary surgery, omphalitis and neonatal umbilical sepsis. Nine patients, 1 to 2 years prior to hospitalization, were previously misclassified as «cryptogenic liver cirrhosis» in various medical institutions. …”
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Unraveling multimodality of digital health records by comparing mortality trajectories of diagnoses of diseases from over 12 million patients. by Hyojung Paik

“…Interestingly, owing to the collection of hospital records, the modeled mortality trajectories derived from the USSID converged towards sepsis. Although a substantial sequence of diagnostic processes is shared between USSID and NISK, the multimodality of these two datasets highlights different diagnoses preceded by fatal outcomes. …”
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Analysis of Maternal Mortality in the Province of Imbabura in the Period 2017-2021 by Mónica Gabriela Chachalo Sandoval, Camila Dayaneth Mier Báez, Ariana Celeste Castro De la Cruz

“…To determine the causes of maternal mortality, the diagnoses defined by ICD 10 were taken into account: hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, bleeding during pregnancy or childbirth, pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium infection, abortion, complications during labor and delivery. childbirth, ectopic pregnancy, puerperal sepsis, obstetric embolism, deaths from unspecified causes, among others <br /><strong>Results</strong>: during 2017 the highest number of maternal deaths occurred, it was 20. …”
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Factors Influencing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: An Eight-Year Study in a Single Tertiary Care Unit in Thailand by Pallapa Moolmai, Prattana Rattanachamnongk, Buranee Yangthara, Punnanee Wutthigate

“…Multivariate analyses revealed factors associated with severe BPD, including IUGR, the 1-minute Apgar score, surfactant administration, late-onset sepsis, hydrocortisone, PDA ligation, postnatal steroid and mechanical ventilation (MV) days. …”
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Clinical-surgical characterization of acute cholecystitis in patients treated in the General Surgery Service. Cienfuegos, 2017-2019 by Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Jorge Luis Estepa Ramos, José Antonio Feliú Rosa

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> female patients aged 60 years and over predominated; abdominal pain prevailed in most of the patients, accompanied by vomiting and tachycardia; the diagnosis was confirmed through the clinic; surgical treatment predominated, conventional open cholecystectomy was the technique of choice; most progress satisfactorily. Surgical wound sepsis was the most frequent complication.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> acute cholecystitis is more frequent in the elderly, early diagnosis and timely treatment can reduce the percentage of complications; surgical treatment is the treatment of choice, combined with antibiotic therapy.…”
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Martín Brizuela, María Carolina Palermo, Tomás Alconada, María Macarena Sandoval, Eugenia Ramirez Wierzbicki, Joaquín Cantos, Paula Gagetti, Agustín Ciapponi, Ariel Bardach, Silvina Ruvinsky

“…<h4>Background</h4>Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, causing bacteremic pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis, and other invasive pneumococcal diseases. …”
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Gastrojejunal Anastomosis Perforation after Gastric Bypass on a Patient with Underlying Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Omar Bellorin, Anna Kundel, Alexander Ramirez-Valderrama, Armando Castro

“…A 54-year-old female with past surgical history of gastric bypass for morbid obesity and recent diagnosis of unresectable pancreatic cancer presents with abdominal pain, peritonitis, and sepsis. Computerized axial tomography scan shows large amount of intraperitoneal free air. …”
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MRSA Spinal Epidural Abscess as a Neurosurgical and Infectious Disease Emergency with Unresolved Antimicrobial Solution by James Ebot, W. D. Freeman, Robert Wharen, Mark Anthony Diaz, Claudia Libertin

“…A 74-year-old diabetic man with prior right total knee arthroplasty and MRSA infection presented with persistent bacteremia and sepsis. He was transferred to our academic center after diagnosis of entire spine epidural abscesses from C1 to sacral levels with midthoracic MRI T2 hyperintensities of the vertebral bodies and disc concerning for osteomyelitis and discitis. …”
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Síndrome de Wiskott-Aldrich asociado a absceso de la glándula tiroides. Informe de caso by Gladys Iglesias Díaz, Elias Marcel Cruz Rodríguez, Ivan García García, Victor Luis Valdez Miranda, Amanda Caridad Cruz Lazo

“…Una semana antes había sufrido un ántrax en la espalda, seguido del aumento de volumen del cuello y signos de compresión, aunque sin indicios de sepsis. Durante la intervención quirúrgica se encontró absceso de la glándula tiroides. …”
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Neonatal Septicemia in Nepal: Early-Onset versus Late-Onset by Shamshul Ansari, Hari Prasad Nepal, Rajendra Gautam, Sony Shrestha, Puja Neopane, Moti Lal Chapagain

“…In particular, since rate of CoNS causing sepsis is alarming, prompting concern to curb the excess burden of CoNS infection is necessary.…”
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“Near Miss” Obstetric Events and Maternal Deaths in a Tertiary Care Hospital: An Audit by Roopa PS, Shailja Verma, Lavanya Rai, Pratap Kumar, Murlidhar V. Pai, Jyothi Shetty

“…Hemorrhage was the leading cause (44.2%), followed by hypertensive disorders (23.6%) and sepsis (16.3%). Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was 313/100000 live births. …”
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Fatal Empyema Thoracis Caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum by Gu Q, Zhou L, Shen X, Xu L, Wu G, Pan W, Lin W, Lv D, Lin L, Yan S

“…Despite active treatment measures, the patient succumbed to severe pulmonary infection, sepsis, and multiple organ failure. A review of the literature, together with clinical experience, indicates that conventional empirical treatment for Nocardia otitidiscaviarum infection may not always be effective due to the escalating rate of drug resistance. …”
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