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> | '''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> | ||
*Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia | *Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. | ||
*Thrombocytopenia | **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. | *Acute renal failure. | ||