Sepsis screening in the Emergency Department (ED) is necessary for the rational management of patients. Multiple severity screening scores such as Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA), National Early Warning Score (...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2023/v12i1233
Background/Aims: To study the levels of Procalcitonin in patients presenting with sepsis, especially those with tropical sepsis at a rural population catering teaching hospital. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: This cross-sectional study was carri...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2022/v10i230285
Vibrio fluvialis, an enteric, Gram negative bacterium commonly isolated from sewage/ sea water contaminated with human and animal’s faeces. Infections with this unusual organism can cause cholera like bloody diarrhoea and also wound infection. Vibrio fluvialis causing skin infect...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2021/v6i430200
Shubham Darda, Aarjuv Majmundar, Puneet Upadhyay, Harshita H. Nouni, Sucheta Lakhani & Jitendra D. Lakhani·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2023
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a self-limiting illness characterised by non-specific symptoms, most commonly reported symptoms being fever and lymphadenopathy. Unknown in its cause, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign, uncommon disorder usually presenting under the age of 30...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i11923
Background/Aims: Both generic and disease specific prognostic scoring systems have been employed in areas of critical care. The score of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II is a generic point score which provides general assessment of illness and severity....
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Research Article10.9734/ijtdh/2023/v44i71418