Gangrene of the back, buttocks, fingers, and toes caused by transient cold agglutinemia induced by a cooling blanket in a patient with sepsis.
Talisman
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Department of Surgery (Burn Center), University Hospital and Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8191, USA.
Lin
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Soroff
H S
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Galanakis
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D000328:Adult; D000373:Agglutinins; D001415:Back; D003450:Cryoglobulins; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy*; D014034:Toes
D000373:Agglutinins; D003450:Cryoglobulins; C029443:cold agglutinins