被送往重症监护室的患者急性损伤:一个病例报告
Ayman Mohamed1, Michael Peniston2, Rabia Mahmood1
1Internal Medicine, Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, USA.
Cureus
|June 16, 2023
概括
急性损伤 (AKI) 可能源于各种原因,包括败血症. 这一病例系列强调了慢性肝病和胆红素水平升高的患者的胆红素病 (CN),这是AKI的罕见但重要的原因.
科学领域:
- 腎臟病學 (nephrology) 是一種醫學.
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
- 关键护理医学 关键护理医学
背景情况:
- 急性损伤 (AKI) 是重症监护室 (ICU) 患者的常见并发症.
- 败血症是AKI最常见的原因,但还有其他病因.
- 胆固醇性病 (CN) 是一种罕见的AKI原因,通常与非常高的总胆固醇水平 (>20 mg/dL) 相关.
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