Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome in Adolescents

Sporadic bloody diarrhoea‐associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura‐haemolytic uraemic syndrome: an adult and paediatric comparison

“…A systematic review of published case series identified 5999 children with sporadic diarrhoea‐associated HUS in 38 articles (reporting 39 case series) from 14 countries (Table III) (Dolislager & Tune, 1978; Raghupathy et al , 1978; Fong & Kaplan, 1982; Karmali et al , 1983, 1985; Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 1986; Rogers et al , 1986; Sheth et al , 1986; Badami et al , 1987; Kinney et al , 1988; Novillo et al , 1988; Lopez et al , 1989; Tarr et al , 1989; Martin et al , 1990; Milford et al , 1990; Abu‐Arafeh et al , 1991; Rowe et al , 1991, 1993; Bitzan et al , 1993; Gianviti et al , 1994; Jernigan & Waldo, 1994; Van de Kar et al , 1995, 1996; Douglas & Kurien, 1997; Nevard et al , 1997; Siegler et al , 1997; Rowe et al , 1998; Oakes et al , 2006; Decludt et al , 2000; Wong et al , 2000; Elliott et al , 2001; Chandler et al , 2002; Cummings et al , 2002; Gerber et al , 2002; Trachtman et al , 2003; Lynn et al , 2005; Haus‐Cheymol et al , 2006; Bergstein et al , 1992). Among the 2880 children in whom diarrhoea was described as either bloody or not bloody, 1890 (66%) had bloody diarrhoea.…”

Blood pressure in the long-term follow-up of children with hemolytic uremic syndrome

“…The frequency of AH reported in children during the acute phase of HUS has varied from 8% to 20% [1,2,3,4]. Few data are available on the incidence of AH several years after recovery from the acute phase of HUS.…”

Predictors of Fatality in Postdiarrheal Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

“…We defined HUS as the triad of thrombocytopenia (platelet count Ͻ150 ϫ 10 9 /L), microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (with microscopic evidence of acute microangiopathic erythrocyte damage), and renal dysfunction, defined as a 50% serum increase in serum creatinine concentration. 12,14,15 Postdiarrheal HUS was defined as the triad after a diarrheal prodrome. 16 From the database query, 358 patients were identified who had presented with postdiarrheal HUS from 1970 to 2002. There were a total of 17 deaths attributable to HUS from 1970 through 2003.…”