Clinical practice. Care of the asplenic patient

N Engl J Med. 2014 Jul 24;371(4):349-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1314291.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis*
  • Fever / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / complications
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / therapy
  • Male
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Sepsis / prevention & control*
  • Spleen / abnormalities
  • Splenectomy*
  • Vaccination
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Splenic Hypoplasia