All these patients required reoperation for signs of persistent peritonitis suspected on the basis of prolonged fever, abdominal tenderness, absent bowel sounds, sustained organ dysfunction, while extra-abdominal sepsis was ruled out.
Within recent onset disease, categories of suspected persistent synovitis or suspected rheumatoid arthritis refer to patients in whom a diagnosis is not yet clear but in whom referral to specialist care or further investigation is required.
The use of OSTEOSET®-T was an effective adjunct with eradication of infection in all of our cases in the period of follow-up, although one patient required a further surgical debridement owing to an unhealthy appearance of the wound and suspected persistent infection.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) constitute a class of persistent organic pollutants suspected or known to cause adverse health effects.
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a family of persistent organic contaminants suspected to cause adverse effects in wildlife and humans.
Persistent infection was suspected but was not documented in this monkey because of the delay in bacterial identification.
Few data are available on PCT in persistent neutropenic fever and suspected IFD.
New findings are provided on the role of PCT for the diagnostic reassessment in patients with persistent neutropenic fever and suspected IFD.
When SSI is suspected or persistent wound leakage is present, orthopaedic surgeons can either wait and see, with or without antibiotic coverage, or explore the surgical wound.
Due to the absence of other risk factors for causing persistent liver injury, we suspected that the hepatic fibrosis was mostly associated with prolonged hepatocytes hypoxia caused by TOF and hyperthyroidism.
After the early postsurgical hospitalisation, the usual indications for CT imaging include suspected DGE with persistent need for nasogastric intubation, peripancreatic drainage yielding high-amylase fluid consistent with PF, increasing leucocyte count and C-reactive protein levels, as well as physical and laboratory signs of delayed haemorrhage.
