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ArticleBMJ case reports2014

A diagnosis of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome blurred by alcohol abuse.

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

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin KillianDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7115-3248
Noémie Bruel TronchonIntensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
Nicolas MaillardDepartment of Nephrology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
Bernard TardyIntensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Étienne · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 60-year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for status epilepticus. At first, laboratory and imagery findings were almost normal, and the symptoms were attributed to severe alcohol withdrawal due to a history of gastroenteritis reported by his family. But, during the following days, haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, acute renal failure, and ischaemic and haemorrhagic lesions seen on a cerebral CT scan led to the diagnosis of haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS). Despite these severe complications, the patient made a good recovery following ICU and plasma exchange with fresh frozen plasma (FFP), but cognitive deficit still existed after 1 month. It is important to know that neurological manifestations can precede typical biological and radiological signs in HUS, and to not be misled in the diagnosis process, especially when a more common differential diagnosis is possible.

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AlcoholismAcute Kidney InjuryDiagnosis, DifferentialHemolytic-Uremic SyndromeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlasma ExchangeStatus EpilepticusSubstance Withdrawal Syndrome

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PMID25540209
PMCPMC4281547
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