Tennessee medicine : journal of the Tennessee Medical Association
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Case Reports
Intravenous gammaglobulin as rescue therapy in a patient with sickle cell and septic shock.
We present a case involving a patient with sickle cell and hyposplenism, in which refractory septic shock quickly responded after the infusion of intravenous gammaglobulin (IV-GG) given as an adjuvant-rescue therapy ⋯ The utilization of intravenous gammaglobulin should be considered in patients with sickle cell disease and hyposplenism as an adjuvant therapy for refractory septic shock.