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Surviving a hemolytic uremic syndrome

Author(s) -

CPSP HIGHLIGHTS

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

paediatrics and child health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1918-1485

pISSN - 1205-7088

DOI - 10.1093/pch/7.5.322

Subject(s) - atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome , medicine , haemolytic uraemic syndrome , intensive care medicine , immunology , biology , antibody , genetics , complement system , escherichia coli , gene

1 You are on-call at a community hospital and a three-yearold boy is admitted with vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Your working diagnosis of an infection with Escherichia coli O157:H7 (verotoxigenic enterocoliform [VTEC]) is confirmed and you notify the local Medical Officer of Health. The child develops hemoytic uremic syndrome (HUS) with a a hemoglobin of 70 g/L, platelet count 50,000 × 109/L and a serum creatinine of 55 μmol/L. He is airlifted to a tertiary-care paediatric hospital where intensive care unit admission is necessary for supportive management. The child survives after a complicated and lengthy course. Surviving a hemolytic uremic syndrome CPSP HIGHLIGHTS

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