Gangrene of the back, buttocks, fingers, and toes caused by transient cold agglutinemia induced by a cooling blanket in a patient with sepsis

Surgery. 1998 May;123(5):592-5. doi: 10.1067/msy.1998.85940.

Authors

R Talisman¹, J T Lin, H S Soroff, D Galanakis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery (Burn Center), University Hospital and Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8191, USA.

PMID: 9591016
DOI: 10.1067/msy.1998.85940

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Agglutinins*
Back
Cryoglobulins
Cryotherapy / adverse effects*
Cryotherapy / methods
Female
Fingers
Gangrene / etiology*
Gangrene / surgery*
Humans
Sepsis / therapy*
Toes

Substances

Agglutinins
Cryoglobulins
cold agglutinins