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Published on: December 8, 2023
Is this septic shock? A rare case of distributive shock
Luis Silva Val-Flores1, Alberto Fior2, Ana Santos3
1Serviço de Medicina, Centro Hospitalar Oeste, Hospital Caldas da Rainha, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
Abstract:
The authors report a rare case of shock in a patient without significant clinical history, admitted to the intensive care unit for suspected septic shock. The patient was initially treated with fluid therapy without improvement. A hypothesis of systemic capillary leak syndrome was postulated following the confirmation of severe hypoalbuminemia, hypotension, and hemoconcentration--a combination of three symptoms typical of the disease. The authors discussed the differential diagnosis and also conducted a review of the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
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