title: [Septic shock with disseminated intravascular coagulation and adrenal failure (author's transl)].
abstract: The case is reported of a 15 year-old patient admitted in a state of severe shock with disseminated intravascular coagulation, complicated by unilateral adrenal failure as demonstrated scintigraphically by the absence of I131-labelled cholesterol uptake. Problems arising in the differential diagnosis and therapeutic management are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010068:Oxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014884:Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins; D010406:Penicillins; D006493:Heparin; D010068:Oxacillin
vernacular_title: Septischer Schock mit Verbrauchskoagulopathie und Nebennierenausfall