Shiga Toxin-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Unexpected Course
Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a disease that often requires the transfusion of blood products. A child (two and a half years old, boy) with Shiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome who developed respiratory distress after transfusion is presented.
Hakan ERDOĞAN +4 more
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Adult hemolytic-uremic syndrome
A 17-year-old male was transferred to the New England Medical Center Hospital (NEMCH) for evaluation of acute renal failure following a 5-day episode of nausea and vomiting. During a routine examination 3 months earlier, his blood pressure had been 98/64 mm Hg and laboratory findings included a hematocrit of 40% and a white blood cell count of 8700 mm3
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) [PDF]
This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of hemolytic uremic ...
Smidt-Afek, Naomi
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In hemodialysis (HD), complement activation, bioincompatibility, and inflammation are intricately intertwined. In the 1970s, as HD became a routine therapy, the observation of complement pathway activation and transient leukopenia by cellulosic dialysis ...
Bernard Canaud +5 more
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Neonatal Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome After Mother-to-Child Transmission of a Low-Pathogenic stx2b Harboring Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli [PDF]
This case describes evidence for a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O146:H28 infection leading to hemolytic uremic syndrome in a neonate. STEC O146:H28 was linked hitherto with asymptomatic carriage in humans. Based on strain characteristics
Bucher, Barbara S. +8 more
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Associated with Pneumococcal Pneumonia. A Case Report
Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a condition characterized by hemolytic microangiopathic anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure. In its classic form it is associated with diarrhea and it has a good prognosis.
Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez +5 more
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Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome, manifesting without thrombocytopenia (clinical case)
Background. Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome is an ultra-rare (orphan) disease from the group of thrombotic microangiopathies of progressive course, which is caused by uncontrolled activation of the alternative complement pathway of hereditary or ...
A.A. Dyachkova +3 more
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Clinical practice guidelines for the management of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome in the United Kingdom [PDF]
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Concurrent Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: a case report
Background: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a life-threatening and scarce disorder characterized by acute renal failure and disease, non-immune microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia, leading to end-stage renal failure or ...
Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi +1 more
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Administração profiláctica de plasma no síndrome hemolítico urémico atípico recorrente [PDF]
O síndrome hemolítico urémico (SHU) define- se pela ocorrência simultânea de anemia hemolítica microangiopática, trombocitopenia e insuficiência renal aguda.
Almeida, Marta Pinto de +7 more
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