{"pk":929,"title":"Sepsis-induced Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Introduction:\n Sepsis commonly brings patients to the emergency department (ED). Patient outcomes can vary widely. In some cases, rare complications of sepsis such as autoimmune hemolytic anemia can occur.\nCase Report:\n A 68-year-old female presented with sepsis secondary to infected nephrolithiasis. The patient had signs and symptoms consistent with hemolysis upon arrival to the ED. Her hemolysis progressively worsened over a two-day period leading to a diagnosis of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia. She responded well to treatment; however, her condition began to worsen due to a new infection caused by perforated colonic diverticula. The patient ultimately expired from complications of her perforated colonic diverticula.\nConclusion:\n It is crucial that emergency physicians understand the risk factors, symptoms, pathophysiology, and treatment of this rare complication of sepsis so that favorable patient outcomes can be achieved.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Autoimmune hemolytic anemia"},{"word":"sepsis"},{"word":"sepsis-induced autoimmune hemolytic anemia"}],"section":"ACOEP Case Reports (Invitation Only)","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5tf4t7qq","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Zach","middle_name":"","last_name":"Edwards","name_suffix":"","institution":"Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Raleigh, North Carolina","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Stephen","middle_name":"","last_name":"DeMeo","name_suffix":"","institution":"WakeMed, Department of Neonatology, Raleigh, North Carolina","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2020-10-06T01:23:33+02:00","date_accepted":"2020-10-06T01:23:33+02:00","date_published":"2020-10-06T01:24:11+02:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/929/galley/677/download/"}]}