and when the patient with severe SLE also has evidence for microangiopathy (i.e., the clinical manifestations overlap with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura or hemolytic uremic syndrome ...

Background: The HELLP syndrome is a serious complication in pregnancy characterized by haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count occurring in 0.5 to 0.9% of all pregnancies and in ...

Pathology is the precise study of the causes and consequences of a disease. The two major components of pathology are anatomical studies of structure and function at levels ranging from the whole ...

If the spots are larger and red or purple, you may have another type of bleeding problem called purpura. Petechiae can form just about anywhere on your body, even your eyelids or inside your mouth.

Specific AKI aetiologies, (eg, lupus nephritis, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura) might need treatment with immunosuppression or plasma exchange. There are fetal and maternal indications for RRT.

Service specifications are important in clearly defining the standards of care expected from organisations funded by NHS England to provide specialised care. The specifications have been developed by ...

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Dr J P Lynch III, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical ...

and tinhibiting complement-mediated thrombotic microangiopathy in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). Epysqli, manufactured by Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd., obtained initial approval ...