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Recombinant human activated protein C treatment of septic shock syndrome in a patient at 18th week of gestation: a case report.

Medve L, Csitári IK, Molnár Z, László A

Department of Anesthesiology, Szent Lázár County Hospital, Salgótarján, Hungary. medve561@axelero.hu

Recombinant human-activated protein C (rhAPC) has been suggested to treat sepsis. We present the case of a 19-year-old pregnant patient at the 18th week of gestation with septic shock syndrome that originated from urinary tract infection and was successfully treated with rhAPC.

Published 9 September 2005 in Am J Obstet Gynecol, 193(3): 864-5.
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