Ammad Ud Din, Mohammad and Liaqat, Hania and Gill, Prabhsimrat S and Low, Soon Khai (2021) Severe Haemolytic Anaemia Resulting from a Malpositioned Haemodialysis Catheter. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8 (8). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Severe haemolytic anaemia is a rare complication of haemodialysis that is often difficult to recognize, especially when there are other potential differential diagnoses. Here, we present the case of 19-year-old man on haemodialysis who developed severe haemolytic anaemia while recovering from acute renal failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis. Other causes of haemolytic anaemia such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and haemolytic uraemic syndrome were ruled out. As his blood counts were dropping on days following haemodialysis, haemolysis secondary to the mechanical sheering effect of the catheter was considered and his haemodialysis catheter was exchanged, which led to the resolution of anaemia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Haemolysis, haemodialysis, catheter-associated haemolysis, haemolytic anaemia |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2022 16:26 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2022 16:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21445 |
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