Splenectomy
Splenectomy The procedure of splenectomy involves removal of the spleen by operative ... surgery for trauma or large spleens. Because splenectomy causes an increased risk of overwhelming sepsis ... the patient at risk of Overwhelming post splenectomy infection (OPSI), a potentially rapidly fatal septicaemia ... sore throat under normal circumstances but after splenectomy, when infecting bacteria cannot be adequately ...
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Splenectomy   (translated from French)
Splenectomy This article is one ébauche to be ... can share your knowledge by modifying it. Splenectomy is a surgical ablation of rate . Portail ...
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Talk:Splenectomy
Talk:Splenectomy Shouldn't this text be a subheading ...
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Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection
Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection or OPSI is a rapidly fatal ... against certain bacteria. Patients with absent (eg splenectomy) or non-functional spleens can die of ...
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Talk:Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection
Talk:Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection I do not think this should ... between this, septicaemia and asplenia (oh and splenectomy), but the "occuring rates ..." is a valid ...
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Talk:Thyroidectomy
... detrimental to the body (similar to a splenectomy). External Link http://health.yahoo.com/health ... wouldn't compare a thyroidectomy to a splenectomy: if your thyroid is removed, you need ... article, just pointing out that having a splenectomy is a little more than "having a ... long-term use of pencillin after a splenectomy, particularly for the first 2 years. Perhaps ... partially on the basis of the reason splenectomy occurred. Just as notes, you might ...
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... major themes have been risks of Asplenia (Splenectomy and meningococcus pneumococcus), Asthma, Contraception & Miscarriage and ... Menorrhagia (rewrite), Progesterone only pill, Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection, Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, Recurrent ... of undetermined significance, Multiple myeloma, Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection, Paraprotein, Sickle cell anemia, Spleen, Spherocytosis, Splenectomy Microbiology Meningitis, Meningococcus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae ...
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Asplenia
... congenital (congenital asplenia), or acquired through surgery (splenectomy) or through processes that destroy the spleen ... in a syndrome known as overwhelming post splenectomy infection (OPSI) which can kill within a ... in a road traffic accident (reference UK Splenectomy Trust Advice) - so sensible precautions are needed ... antibiotics as a prophylaxis after a surgical splenectomy. The duration suggested varies: one suggestion is ...
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Spherocytosis
... supplementation of iron and eventual treatment by splenectomy, the surgical removal of the spleen. Iron ... such as desferrioxamine may be necessary. While splenectomy does not affect the shape of the ... it offers near-immediate relief from symptoms, splenectomy is often not performed until the patient ... s new lower tolerance against overwhelming post-splenectomy infection. The Pneumovax needs repeating every six ...
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Splenomegaly
... Treatment If the splenomegaly underlies hypersplenism, a splenectomy is indicated and will correct the problem. After splenectomy, however, patients are considered immunocompromised, and so ... lifelong prophylactic oral antibiotics. The risks of splenectomy are greatest in the first two years ...
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