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Cachexia (/kəˈkɛksiə/) is a
complex syndrome ****ociated with an
underlying illness,
causing ongoing muscle loss that is not
entirely reversed with nutritional...
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severe muscular deterioration. Eventually, the
paretic dies bedridden,
cachectic and
completely disoriented,
frequently in a
state of
status epilepticus...
- years.
Madeline is
terminally ill,
suffering from catalepsy. She
appears cachectic, and
Easton is
disturbed by the thin,
wispy appearance of the hair on...
- a "common bug" and was
taking antibiotics,
while others surmised his
cachectic appearance was due to the
Whipple procedure.
During a July conference...
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Cachectic dog
infested with T.
congolense after travel in West Africa...
- With the loss of
intake of food the
individual may
eventually become cachectic. A less
frequent occurrence results from a
vomiting of
intestinal contents...
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chronic illness.[citation needed]
Those with a lung
abscess are
generally cachectic at presentation.
Finger clubbing is
present in one
third of patients....
- D,
Sewell CW,
Ansley JD (September 1977). "Deficiency of
carnitine in
cachectic cirrhotic patients". The
Journal of
Clinical Investigation. 60 (3): 716–723...
- palpation. On inspection,
patients may be
chronically ill, cyanotic,
cachectic and
occasionally jaundiced.[citation needed] On auscultation, an accentuated...
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creatinine level. Creatinine-based
equations should be used with
caution in
cachectic patients and
patients with cirrhosis. They
often have very low muscle...
