Hemolytic uremic syndrome - Revision history

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	==Pathology==		==Pathology==
	===General===		===General===
	*In children, partial omentectomies are done during the placement of peritoneal catheters, to avoid subsequent (catheter) blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal \|author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS \|title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure \|journal=Nephron \|volume=68 \|issue=3 \|pages=327–8 \|year=1994 \|pmid=7838254 \|doi= \|url=}}</ref>		*In children, partial [[omentum\|omentectomies]] are done during the placement of peritoneal catheters, to avoid subsequent (catheter) blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal \|author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS \|title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure \|journal=Nephron \|volume=68 \|issue=3 \|pages=327–8 \|year=1994 \|pmid=7838254 \|doi= \|url=}}</ref>

	===Microscopic===		===Microscopic===

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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>

			==Definition==
	*Microangiopathic hemolytic [[anemia]].		*Microangiopathic hemolytic [[anemia]].
	**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>		**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.		*Thrombocytopenia = low platelet count.
	*Acute renal failure.		*Acute renal failure.

			===Memory device===
			''[[HUS]] is the '''RAT''' in [[TTP]]'':
			*'''R'''enal failure.
			*'''A'''nemia.
			*'''T'''hrombocytopenia.

			'''RAT''' is a subset of the C'''RA'''F'''T'''Y mnemonic for TTP:<ref>URL: [http://www.valuemd.com/mnemonics2.php http://www.valuemd.com/mnemonics2.php]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref>
			*'''C'''NS symptoms.
			*'''R'''enal failure.
			*'''A'''nemia - microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.
			*'''F'''ever.
			*'''T'''hrombocytopenia.
			*'''Y''' - no one knows "Y" it occurs.

	==Etiology==		==Etiology==

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	[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]		[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]
			[[Category:Diagnosis]]

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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]].
	**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>		**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.		*Thrombocytopenia = low platelet count.
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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Medical kidney diseases]].		*[[Medical kidney diseases]].
			*[[Anemia]].

	==References==		==References==

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	==Pathology==		==Pathology==
	In children partial omentectomies are done during the placement of peritoneal catheters, to avoid subsequent (catheter) blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal \|author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS \|title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure \|journal=Nephron \|volume=68 \|issue=3 \|pages=327–8 \|year=1994 \|pmid=7838254 \|doi= \|url=}}</ref>		===General===
			*In children, partial omentectomies are done during the placement of peritoneal catheters, to avoid subsequent (catheter) blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal \|author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS \|title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure \|journal=Nephron \|volume=68 \|issue=3 \|pages=327–8 \|year=1994 \|pmid=7838254 \|doi= \|url=}}</ref>

	===Microscopic===		===Microscopic===
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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist\|1}}		{{reflist\|2}}

	[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]		[[Category:Genitourinary pathology]]

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	==Pathology==		==Pathology==
	In children partial omentectomies are done in the placement of peritoneal catheters ~~(for dialysis)~~, to avoid subsequent blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal \|author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS \|title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure \|journal=Nephron \|volume=68 \|issue=3 \|pages=327–8 \|year=1994 \|pmid=7838254 \|doi= \|url=}}</ref>		In children partial omentectomies are done during the placement of peritoneal catheters, to avoid subsequent (catheter) blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal \|author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS \|title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure \|journal=Nephron \|volume=68 \|issue=3 \|pages=327–8 \|year=1994 \|pmid=7838254 \|doi= \|url=}}</ref>

	===Microscopic===		===Microscopic===

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	*''E. coli'' serotype O157:H7.		*''E. coli'' serotype O157:H7.
	**Verotoxins from ''E. coli'' O157:H7 --> endothelial injury.<ref name=pmid19180125>{{cite journal \|author=Petruzziello TN, Mawji IA, Khan M, Marsden PA \|title=Verotoxin biology: molecular events in vascular endothelial injury \|journal=Kidney Int. Suppl. \|volume= \|issue=112 \|pages=S17–9 \|year=2009 \|month=February \|pmid=19180125 \|doi=10.1038/ki.2008.612 \|url=}}</ref>		**Verotoxins from ''E. coli'' O157:H7 --> endothelial injury.<ref name=pmid19180125>{{cite journal \|author=Petruzziello TN, Mawji IA, Khan M, Marsden PA \|title=Verotoxin biology: molecular events in vascular endothelial injury \|journal=Kidney Int. Suppl. \|volume= \|issue=112 \|pages=S17–9 \|year=2009 \|month=February \|pmid=19180125 \|doi=10.1038/ki.2008.612 \|url=}}</ref>

			==Pathology==
			In children partial omentectomies are done in the placement of peritoneal catheters (for dialysis), to avoid subsequent blockage.<ref name=pmid7838254>{{cite journal \|author=Pumford N, Cassey J, Uttley WS \|title=Omentectomy with peritoneal catheter placement in acute renal failure \|journal=Nephron \|volume=68 \|issue=3 \|pages=327–8 \|year=1994 \|pmid=7838254 \|doi= \|url=}}</ref>

			===Microscopic===
			Features:
			*Mesothelial-lined fibroadipose tissue.

	==Relation to [[thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura]] (TTP)==		==Relation to [[thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura]] (TTP)==

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	**Verotoxins from ''E. coli'' O157:H7 --> endothelial injury.<ref name=pmid19180125>{{cite journal \|author=Petruzziello TN, Mawji IA, Khan M, Marsden PA \|title=Verotoxin biology: molecular events in vascular endothelial injury \|journal=Kidney Int. Suppl. \|volume= \|issue=112 \|pages=S17–9 \|year=2009 \|month=February \|pmid=19180125 \|doi=10.1038/ki.2008.612 \|url=}}</ref>		**Verotoxins from ''E. coli'' O157:H7 --> endothelial injury.<ref name=pmid19180125>{{cite journal \|author=Petruzziello TN, Mawji IA, Khan M, Marsden PA \|title=Verotoxin biology: molecular events in vascular endothelial injury \|journal=Kidney Int. Suppl. \|volume= \|issue=112 \|pages=S17–9 \|year=2009 \|month=February \|pmid=19180125 \|doi=10.1038/ki.2008.612 \|url=}}</ref>

	==Relation to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)==		==Relation to [[thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura]] (TTP)==
	*TTP is the main (clinical) DDx of HUS.		*TTP is the main (clinical) DDx of HUS.
	**It is classically characterized by: microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, fever, mild renal failure, and prominent neurologic symptoms.		**It is classically characterized by: microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, fever, mild renal failure, and prominent neurologic symptoms.

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	*TTP is the main (clinical) DDx of HUS.		*TTP is the main (clinical) DDx of HUS.
	**It is classically characterized by: microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, fever, mild renal failure, and prominent neurologic symptoms.		**It is classically characterized by: microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, fever, mild renal failure, and prominent neurologic symptoms.
	*Both are classified as ''thrombotic microangiopathies''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref>		*Both are classified as ''[[thrombotic microangiopathies]]''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779218-overview]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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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~~<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> ~~= disease affecting small blood vessels.~~		*Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.
	*Thrombocytopenia; low platelet count.		**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.