Near-fatal cocaine intoxication in an infant with thrombotic microangiopathy associated with multiple organ failure
Alejandro Donoso Fuentes,
Gianfranco Tomarelli Rubio,
Camila Ampuero Acuña
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To report a pediatric case of drug-induced thrombotic microangiopathy caused by cocaine Case description: We report a nine-month-old patient who developed thrombotic microangiopathies after extreme cocaine intoxication, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome with hemodynamic dysfunction, anuric renal failure, liver failure, encephalopathy, and myocardial injury, corresponding phenotypically to thrombocytopenia-associated multiple organ failure. The patient received continuous venous hemofiltration and… Show more
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