Consultant is struck off for dishonesty over case of girl who died from meningococcal septicaemia

BMJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. m241
Author(s):  
Clare Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Septicaemia

The Thymus in Meningococcal Septicaemia

BMJ ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 1 (4606) ◽  
pp. 681-681
Author(s):  
G. F. M. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Septicaemia

The Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome and its Orthopaedic Consequences

1972 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-103
Author(s):  
Trevor R. W. Hampton ◽  
P. D. Gordon Pugh
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Procedures ◽  
Acute Stage ◽  
Meningococcal Septicaemia ◽  
Peripheral Gangrene

AbstractTwo cases of fulminating meningococcal septicaemia with Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome are reported in young servicemen. Both were complicated by peripheral gangrene of unusual severity, which required the modification of standard surgical procedures to meet their individual requirements. The rationale of management is discussed in the light of the pathological processes involved, and views are advanced on the place of steroids and heparin in the acute stage.

scholarly journals Variations in case fatality and fatality risk factors of meningococcal disease in Western Norway, 1985–2002

2005 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. SMITH ◽  
A. T. BJØRNEVIK ◽  
I. M. B. AUGLAND ◽  
A. BERSTAD ◽  
T. WENTZEL-LARSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Skin Rash ◽  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Case Fatality Rate ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
Fatality Rate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Admission Time ◽  
Meningococcal Septicaemia

SUMMARYIn a retrospective epidemiological study, 293 meningococcal disease patients hospitalized during 1985–2002, were examined for fatality and risk factors related to death. The overall case fatality rate (CFR) was 8·2%, but increased from 4% during 1985–1993 to 17% during 1994–2002. The latter 9-year period was characterized by more serogroup C infections and more patients with thrombocytopenia on admission to hospital. All patients categorized as meningitis on admission survived. Of the 24 patients who died, 21 had meningococcal skin rash on admission, 23 had an onset to admission time of ⩽24 h, and 16 had severe septicaemia with hypotension and/or ecchymoses without meningitis on admission. By multivariate analyses, a short onset to admission time, >50 petechiae, thrombocytopenia and severe septicaemia on admission were associated with fatality. More lives could be saved through earlier admission to hospital. This can be achieved through more information to the public about the early signs of meningococcal septicaemia, with the recommendation to look for skin rash in patients with acute fever during the first day and night.

scholarly journals Trends of the management of acute meningococcal septicaemia in Al-Nasser Paediatric Hospital, Gaza, Palestine

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (2) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Nabil M.A Al Barqouni ◽  
Awni Al Shorafa ◽  
Belal Dabour ◽  
Loai N Albarqouni
Keyword(s):  
Paediatric Hospital ◽  
Meningococcal Septicaemia
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