ALLMedicine™ Septic Thrombophlebitis Center

Jan 19th, 2023 - Pylephlebitis is defined as a septic thrombophlebitis of the portal vein, usually secondary to infection in regions contiguous to or drained by the portal system. Although extremely uncommon in the modern era, pylephlebitis still carries an apprec...

Nov 26th, 2022 - Severe thrombosis in the neonate presents a diagnostic challenge to the clinician as the benefits and risks for treatment must be weighed with every medical decision. Aortic thromboses, large right atrial thromboses, and septic thrombophlebitis pr...

Nov 24th, 2022 - Septic pulmonary embolism (SPE) is a rare clinical entity that is distinct from the classic and more common non-septic thrombotic pulmonary embolism. SPE should be suspected in patients with a systemic acute inflammatory reaction or sepsis who dev...

Oct 15th, 2022 - RRx-001 is a small molecule NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor with anti-CD47 and antiangiogenic/vascular normalization properties in a Phase 3 clinical trial that has been designated as a drug-device combination by the FDA. In the Phase 1 first-in-man ...

Oct 14th, 2022 - A young woman in her 20s presented with fever, abdominal pain and malodourous vaginal discharge. She was found to be in septic shock, in the setting of a recent medical abortion with subsequent intrauterine device placement. Her blood cultures gre...

Jan 11th, 2017 - All eligible patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria, after PICC Line placement, will receive oral and written patient information describing the study deployment and follow-up. Patients will be followed up until PICC Line removal if it occurs ...

Oct 2nd, 2020 - Treatment for MVT is mainly conservative, involving systemic anticoagulation, bowel rest, fluid resuscitation, and serial abdominal exams. The ultimate goal is to prevent extension of the thrombus, avoid intestinal infarction, and prevent recurren...

Sep 28th, 2016 - Adding a single intravenous dose of azithromycin to standard antibiotic prophylaxis further reduces maternal infections without increasing neonatal adverse outcomes after nonelective cesarean delivery, according to a report published in the New En.

Feb 25th, 2016 - ATLANTA – Preincisional azithromycin reduced postcesarean maternal infections by half, and significantly cut postpartum trips to the hospital. Given in tandem with standard prophylactic antibiotics, broad-spectrum intravenous azithromycin was high.

May 29th, 2013 - DESTIN, FLORIDA – Central nervous system manifestations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus should always trigger an evaluation for infection and other non–SLE-related etiologies, according to Dr. Julius Birnbaum.

Abstract and Introduction We describe a 32-year-old woman who had temperatures increasing over 7 days from 100.7°F to 104.0°F. She had an upper respiratory infection and swelling of the left side of the neck. She was diagnosed with Lemierre's synd...