Timing and utility of ultrasound in diarrhea-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome: 7-year experience of a large tertiary care hospital

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 418-421

  Glatstein, Miguel ^a   Miller, Elka ^a   Garcia Bournissen, Facundo ^a   Scolnik, Dennis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli 0157; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Pediatric nephrology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA ASSOCIATED HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; ONTARIO; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77953011237     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809342582     Document Type: Review

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