Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene associated to norepinephrine in a patient with urosepsis due to Escherichia coli
Background: symmetrical peripheral gangrene is a devastating complication associated with norepinephrine use in critically ill patients, characterized for ischemia of acral distribution in absence of large vessel obstruction. Objective: to underscore the relevance of a rare complication to a medica...
Main Authors: | Omar Fernando Bolaños Toro, Lina María Saldarriaga Rivera, Julián Eduardo Forero Gómez, John Alexander Alzate Piedrahita |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey
2018-06-01
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Series: | Archivo Médico de Camagüey |
Online Access: | http://www.revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/5597 |
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