49,006
edits
Difference between revisions of "Hemolytic uremic syndrome"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
→Pathology: wikify
(→References: +cat.) |
m (→Pathology: wikify) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''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> | '''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 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> | **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. | *Thrombocytopenia = low platelet count. | ||
*Acute renal failure. | *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== | ==Etiology== | ||
| Line 12: | Line 28: | ||
==Pathology== | ==Pathology== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*In children, partial omentectomies are done during the placement of peritoneal catheters, to avoid subsequent (catheter) blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal |author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS |title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure |journal=Nephron |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=327–8 |year=1994 |pmid=7838254 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *In children, partial [[omentum|omentectomies]] are done during the placement of peritoneal catheters, to avoid subsequent (catheter) blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal |author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS |title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure |journal=Nephron |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=327–8 |year=1994 |pmid=7838254 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||