A diagnosis of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome blurred by alcohol abuse

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Killian, Martin ^a   Bruel Tronchon, Noémie ^a   Maillard, Nicolas ^a   Tardy, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CREATININE; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ALCOHOLISM; COMPLICATION; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84920848985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205940     Document Type: Article

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