Case Report
The Conundrum of Septic Shock Imitators in Patients with Hematologic Cancers: Case Presentation and Possible Differential Diagnoses
| | Variable | Criteria for scoring | Case |
| | Immunosuppression | 0: no | 18 | | 18: yes | |
| | Temperature (°C) | 0 (<38.4) | 33 | | 33 (38.4–39.4) | | | 49 (>39.4) | |
| | Organomegaly | 0 (no) | 38 | | 23 (Hepatomegaly or splenomegaly) | | | 38 (Hepatomegaly + splenomegaly) | |
| | n. of cytopenias | 0 (1 lineage) | 24 | | 24 (2 lineages) | | | 34 (3 lineages) | |
| | Ferritin (ng/ml) | 0 (<2000) | 0 | | 35 (2000–6000) | | | 50 (>6000) | |
| | Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 0 (<1.5) | 30 | | 30 (1.5–4) | | | 64 (>4) | |
| | Fibrinogen (g/L) | 0 (>2.5) | 30 | | 30 (≤2.5) | |
| | Serum ALT | 0 (<30) | 19 | | 19 (≥30) | |
| | Hemophagocytosis in B.M. | 0 (no) | 35 | | 35 (yes) | |
| | Total score | 337 | 227 |
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B.M.: bone marrow.
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