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2285468

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Two cases of hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) with colonic gangrene are analyzed. Colonic gangrene is an uncommonly reported complication, and it determines a greater severity of the disease, and consequently additional therapeutic measures should be taken. One of the patients died and the survivor needed colonic resection, external ileostomy, and arteriovenous hemofiltration to overcome his renal failure. In the long term follow up this patient recovered uneventfully. The initial features were similar for most of the patients with this disease. The sudden decompensation with hypotension, toxic aspect, bulged and painful abdomen, with blood stools, could indicate this complication. The patient that was undertaken to an aggressive surgical approach had a favorable outcome. In the other patient, complications such as sepsis and septic shock were present with fatal outcome. We believe that this was in part due to the delayed surgical treatment. Reports in the literature suggest a poor prognosis in the presence of this complication, because of protracted renal damage and chronic renal failure.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0539-6115
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
783-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Total necrosis of the colon as a complication of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome].
pubmed:affiliation
Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Clínico de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports