title: [Infectious-toxic shock in patients with acute pneumonia].
abstract: An analysis of case records, medical documentation of the emergency service and out-patient departments of 629 patients with acute pneumonia (AP) showed that infectious-toxic shock was an early grave complication of acute pneumonia. It was observed in 9.4% of patients with acute pneumonia and resulted in a fatal outcome in 5.1%. Infectious-toxic shock developed prevalently in males of young or middle age suffering of concomitant diseases in acute pneumonia due to viral-bacterial associations. At the pre-hospital period shock was detected only in 5.1% of patients due to inadequate examination, underestimation of symptoms and their erroneous interpretation. Clinical manifestations of infectious-toxic shock, their polymorphism may masquerade acute pneumonia symptoms and lead to diagnostic errors.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Epishin
authors.forename: T Iu
authors.initials: TIu
authors.lastname: Chernets
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Okhrimenko
authors.forename: E Iu
authors.initials: EIu
authors.lastname: Golik
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Infektsionno-toksicheskiĭ shok u bol'nykh ostroĭ pnevmonieĭ.