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From Wikipedia:

Bandemia refers to an excess or increased levels of band cells (immature white blood cells) released by the bone marrow into the blood. It thus overlaps with the concept of left shift—bandemia is a principal type of left shift and many (perhaps most) clinical mentions of the latter refer to instances of this type. It is a signifier of infection (or sepsis) or inflammation.[2]Measurement of it can play a role in the approach to appendicitis.[3]

Left shift or blood shift is an increase in the number of immature cell types among the blood cells in a sample of blood. Many (perhaps most) clinical mentions of left shift refer to the white blood cell lineage, particularly neutrophil-precursor band cells,[1] thus signifying bandemia. Less commonly, left shift may also refer to a similar phenomenon in the red blood cell lineage in severe anemia, when increased reticulocytes and immature erythrocyte-precursor cells appear in the peripheral circulation.

The standard definition of a left shift is an absolute band form count greater than 7700/microL.[3] There are competing explanations for the origin of the phrase "left shift," including the left-most button arrangement of early cell sorting machines[4][5] and a 1920s publication by Josef Arneth, containing a graph in which immature neutrophils, with fewer segments, shifted the median left.[6] In the latter view, the name reflects a curve's preponderance shifting to the left on a graph of hematopoietic cellular differentiations.

It is usually noted on microscopic examination of a blood smear. This systemic effect of inflammation is most often seen in the course of an active infection and during other severe illnesses such as hypoxia and shock. Döhle bodies may also be present in the neutrophil's cytoplasm in the setting of sepsis or severe inflammatory responses.

It is believed that cytokines (including IL-1 and TNF) accelerate the release of cells from the postmitotic reserve pool in the bone marrow, leading to an increased number of immature cells.

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A patient comes in with hypotension.  As you gather information, you realize he has urosepsis.  He was in the ED yesterday with urinary retention (due to prostate cancer), required a suprapubic tube by GU, and his creatinine rose from a baseline of 2.0 to 2.7.  The UA is consistent with infection and the culture has already grown gram negative rods.  He was sent home with antibiotics.  Today, his creatinine is 6.0 and he has 25% bandemia.  He appears well despite his hypotension and the BP came up after 3L of lactated ringers.  

Do you say anything to the team that discharged him the day before, and if so, what do you tell them?

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Question 1 An 18-year-old man presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and ab

Question 1 An 18-year-old man presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and ab

Question 1 An 18-year-old man presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and abdominal cramping over the past 48 hours. Physical examination reveals rebound tenderness and laboratory analysis shows the presence of bandemia and a total WBC of 28,000 mm3. To support the diagnosis of acute appendicitis with suspected appendiceal rupture, you consider obtaining the following abdominal imaging…

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Question 1 An 18-year-old man presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and ab

Question 1 An 18-year-old man presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and ab

Question 1 An 18-year-old man presents with periumbilical pain, vomiting, and abdominal cramping over the past 48 hours. Physical examination reveals rebound tenderness and laboratory analysis shows the presence of bandemia and a total WBC of 28,000 mm3. To support the diagnosis of acute appendicitis with suspected appendiceal rupture, you consider obtaining the following abdominal imaging…

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In the evaluation of suspected biliary tract disease the complete blood count with differential (CBC with diff.) is most frequently utilized to assess the possibility of bacterial infection. Acute bacterial infection typically results in neutrophilic leukocytosis i.e. an increased number of white blood cells (WBC count >10,500) with an elevated percentage of neutrophils (>70%). Besides an increase in total neutrophil count, immature neutrophils, also known as bands, are often present. This is known as a "left shift" with greater than 5% bands considered abnormal.

Cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis do not cause leukocytosis, neutrophilia, or a left shift, as there is no infection or significant inflammation present.

Acute cholecystitis is classically associated with leukocytosis, elevated neutrophil count, and a left shift. Although many texts describe leukocytosis as a requisite diagnostic finding in patients with acute cholecystitis, this is not the case. While an elevated WBC count is typical, up to 32% of patients presenting with acute cholecystitis have a normal WBC count.(1)

Patients with cholangitis nearly always exhibit leukocytosis, neutrophilia, and a left shift, as this is often a suppurative and rapidly progressive infection. The WBC count often exceeds 20,000.

In gallstone pancreatitis, WBC count may or may not be elevated and is thus not diagnostically specific, but a WBC count greater than 16,000 at presentation is one of Ranson's criteria and is established as a poor prognostic sign.

When utilizing WBC count to evaluate any patient, it is important to bear in mind that many of the most vulnerable patients including the elderly, immunocompromised, and those with overwhelming infection may be those least capable of mounting a WBC response. Thus, laboratory studies, especially WBC count and differential, are useful adjuncts in the diagnosis of biliary tract disease but must be considered in the context of information gained from the history, physical exam, and other laboratory and imaging studies.

Source: http://d3tfb844wwci5y.cloudfront.net/assets/chole/html/h05.html

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Foot Amputated Due to Use of Invokana, Lawsuit Alleges

A Texas man alleges that his right foot was removed due to the side effects of Invokana, joining a growing number of individuals nationwide who claim that the controversial diabetes drug increased their amputation risk. 

In a complaint (PDF) filed in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, Celso Carillo indicates that Johnson & Johnson and it’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary introduced and sold a diabetes treatment that is unfit for human use.

Carillo was prescribed Invokana in September 2015, for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, a year later, in September 2016, he was hospitalized with symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis, diabetic foot infection, severe sepsis and gas gangrene in his foot. He also suffered acute kidney injury, bandemia and had a partial right foot amputation.

The lawsuit alleges that the use of Invokana resulted in having his right foot amputated in December 2016, leaving him with permanent and disfiguring injuries.

Invokana (canagliflozin) was introduced in March 2013, as the first member of a new generation of diabetes drugs, known as sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which works in a unique way by impacting some normal kidney functions. Other members of this class include Invokamet, Jardiance, Farxiga, Xigduo and others, but Invokana has remained the biggest seller, amid aggressive marketing.

In December 2015, the FDA required Johnson & Johnson to add new diabetic ketoacidosis warnings to Invokana, indicating that the medication increases the risk of this serious condition, which typically results in the need for emergency treatment to avoid life-threatening injury. Prior to the update, the Invokana warnings failed to alert consumers about the importance of seeking immediate medical attention if they experience symptoms like abdominal pain, fatigue, nausea, respiratory problems or vomiting.

In May 2017, the FDA required an Invokana warning update regarding the risk of leg and foot amputation, which manufacturers of other similar diabetes drugs claim is a unique risk with Invokana.

“Defendants failed to adequately warn consumers and physicians about the risks associated with Invokana and the monitoring required ensuring their patients’ safety,” the lawsuit states. “Consumers of Invokana and their physicians relied on the Defendants’ false representations and were misled as to the drug’s safety, and as a result have suffered injuries including diabetic ketoacidosis, kidney failure, sepsis, cardiovascular problems, and the life threatening complications thereof.”

Carillo’s complaint will be consolidated with other Invokana lawsuits pending in the federal court system, which are currently consolidated for pretrial proceedings before one judge in New Jersey.

Following coordinated discovery and any bellwether trials held to help gauge how juries may respond to certain evidence and testimony that is likely to be repeated throughout the litigation, if Invokana settlements or another resolution for the claims is not reached, Bottner’s case and hundreds of others may later be remanded back to U.S. District Courts nationwide for individual trial dates.

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