Clinical Report of a Death Case Induced by Thermoplegia Combined with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Multisystem Organ Failure
YANG Xiao-li
WU Ming-hui
JIAO Xiao-jing
HAN Qiu-xia
ZHU Han-yu
Abstract：Objective To investigate clinical characteristics and key points of diagnosis and therapy to improve understanding of thermoplegia.Methods Clinical date of a death case of thermoplegia combined with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and multisystem organ failure (MSOF) was retrospectively analyzed, and related literature was reviewed.Results The patient visited our hospital for consciousness disorders and discontinuous fever for 16 d, and was diagnosed as having thermoplegia in other hospital, and was admitted in our hospital for persistent condition aggravation.After admission, the patient was in a state of continuous coma.Physical examination showed xanthochromia in all over the body skin and mucous membrane, scattered ecchymosis, heard crackles in lower part of both lungs and scattered crackles.Medical examinations showed continuous deterioration of blood clotting function, continuous decline of liver and kidney function, both lungs infection, pancreatitis, intra-abdominal multiple organ bleeding.He was confirmed as having thermoplegia combined with DIC and MSOF, and was treated with continuous bedside hemofiltration, plasma exchange, blood transfusion, anticoagulant therapy and anti-infection therapy, but the patient died of continuous development of MODS and DIC eventually.Conclusion Thermoplegia is a deadly disease, and it often combines with severe complications such as DIC and MSOF, and the condition rapidly develops with high mortality.
Keywords：ThermoplegiaDisseminated intravascular coagulationMultiple organ failure
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 50-52 )