Cardiac tamponade as a terminal event in the hemolytic uremic syndrome in childhood.
The case of a 6-year-old Inuit female with the epidemic form of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) with myocardial involvement and probable cardiac tamponade is presented. This case illustrates the multisystemic nature of the syndrome, and to our knowledge, cardiac tamponade as a probable terminal event in HUS has not been reported previously.
Birk
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Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, Canada.
Chakrabarti
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Lacson
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Ogborn
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MR
D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans