title: Adult hemolytic-uremic syndrome: successful treatment with plasmapheresis.
abstract: Two adult patients with the hemolytic-uremic syndrome were treated successfully with intense plasma exchange. One patient had recurrent episodes and, with each relapse, both their thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure were reversed with plasma exchange therapy alone. These cases demonstrate the useful role of plasma exchange in the therapy of severe idiopathic hemolytic-uremic syndrome in adults.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D011464:Epoprostenol