title: Heart failure and acute pulmonary edema linked to sepsis: a case report and a short review of literature.
abstract: Heart failure is a most dangerous and insidious complication of the septic state. We describe the case of a patient admitted to our department for weakness of all four limbs and fever. During hospitalization the patient developed a septic state that has manifested itself through the development of heart failure with acute pulmonary edema.
authors.affiliation: Parma University Hospital. carmines84@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siniscalchi
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zardo
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cunzi
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gaibazzi
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Volpi
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basaglia
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy