Hepatosplenomegaly and reticulocytopenia as prominent features of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 510-511

  Bechtel, Kirsten ^a   Iragorri, Sandra ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hemolytic uremic syndrome; hepatosplenomegaly; invasive pneumococcal disease; reticulocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMOXICILLIN; AMYLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL PNEUMOCOCCAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; BACTEREMIA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COOMBS TEST; COUGHING; CRYSTALLOID; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PALLOR; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETICULOCYTOPENIA; SCHISTOSOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; TUBE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; BLOOD; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; RETICULOCYTE; SPLENOMEGALY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; RETICULOCYTES; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 77954869405     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181e5bffb     Document Type: Article

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