Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28887627›Full record

ArticleDer Anaesthesist2017

[Sepsis masquerading as delirium].

A Seifert, C S Hartog, J Zweigner, W Schummer, K Reinhart

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Article in Der Anaesthesist, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

A SeifertKlinik für Anästhesie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Paracelsus-Klinik Zwickau, Zwickau, Deutschland.
C S HartogKlinik für Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie, Integriertes Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum Sepsis und Sepsisfolgen, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Paul-Schneider-Str. 2, 07747, Jena, Deutschland.
J ZweignerZentrale Krankenhaushygiene, Universitätsklinikum Köln, Köln, Deutschland.
W SchummerKlinik Bavaria Kreischa, Kreischa, Deutschland.
K ReinhartKlinik für Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie, Integriertes Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum Sepsis und Sepsisfolgen, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Paul-Schneider-Str. 2, 07747, Jena, Deutschland. konrad.reinhart@med.uni-jena.de.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A previously healthy 60-year-old patient presented to the emergency department with severe headache, altered personality and fever. He was treated for bacterial meningitis with delirium of unknown cause but presumed to be due to alcohol withdrawal. Despite receiving the antibiotic therapy regimen recommended for bacterial meningitis the patient's condition rapidly deteriorated with profound delirium and tachypnea. The intensivist who was consulted immediately suspected sepsis-associated organ failure and admitted the patient to the intensive care unit (ICU). The blood culture was positive for Listeria. After 10 days the patient could be discharged from the ICU and ultimately recovered completely. In patients presenting with unexplained delirium or altered personality the suspicion of septic encephalopathy should always be considered. They should be admitted to the ICU and sepsis treatment should be initiated without delay.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBrain DiseasesCritical CareDeliriumHumansMaleMeningitis, ListeriaMiddle AgedMultiple Organ FailureSepsisShock, SepticAnti-Bacterial AgentsAltered personalityEmergencyListeriosisSepsis-related organ failureSeptic encephalopathy

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PMID28887627

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