Hepatic alterations in sepsis

The paper analyzes retrospectively 93 septic patients interned in a poiivalent I. C . U. over a 5 • year - period. 37 of these patients ( 40 % ) presented hepatobiliaryalterations. 9 of these presented causative, or concomitant with septicemia, obstructive biliary canal pa...

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Authors: Cola, Jorge, Bagnulo, Homero, Nin, Juan, Falconi, Luis, Correa, Humberto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1978
Country:Uruguay
Institution:Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Repository:Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/2993
Online Access:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2993
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:enfermedades del hígado
sepsis
liver diseases
septicemia
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Summary:The paper analyzes retrospectively 93 septic patients interned in a poiivalent I. C . U. over a 5 • year - period. 37 of these patients ( 40 % ) presented hepatobiliaryalterations. 9 of these presented causative, or concomitant with septicemia, obstructive biliary canal pathology and 2 suffered from prior chronic hepatopathy.Nevertheless, 26 out of this series of patients presented hepatic alteration not connected with obstruction of the biliary tract, pre - existant hepatopathy, hepaticsuppuration or hemolysis. The authors conclude that the causing agent of this hepatopathy is sepsis resulting from as yet undetermined mechanisms without bacterial colonization of liver.