Difference between revisions of "Hemolytic uremic syndrome"

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 '''Hemolytic uremic syndrome''', abbreviated '''HUS''', is the triad of:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref>
+==Definition==
 *Microangiopathic hemolytic [[anemia]].
 **Microangiopathic = disease affecting small blood vessels.<ref>URL: [http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/one/000005089.htm http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/one/000005089.htm]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref>
 *Thrombocytopenia = low platelet count.
 *Acute renal failure.
+===Memory device===
+''[[HUS]] is the '''RAT''' in [[TTP]]'':
+*'''R'''enal failure.
+*'''A'''nemia.
+*'''T'''hrombocytopenia.
+'''RAT''' is a subset of the C'''RA'''F'''T'''Y mnemonic for TTP:<ref>URL: [http://www.valuemd.com/mnemonics2.php http://www.valuemd.com/mnemonics2.php]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref>
+*'''C'''NS symptoms.
+*'''R'''enal failure.
+*'''A'''nemia - microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.
+*'''F'''ever.
+*'''T'''hrombocytopenia.
+*'''Y''' - no one knows "Y" it occurs.
 ==Etiology==