Key result
A 54-year-old woman presents with acute renal failure, thrombocytopenia, refractory fever, and reduced LVEF.
Case Report (n=1)
Case report of a 54-year-old woman presenting with acute renal failure, thrombocytopenia, and cardiac abnormalities.
Cardiac evaluation warranted in acute renal failure with thrombocytopenia and fever; leaves open etiology and management for this presentation.
Presentation of CaseA 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of acute renal failure and thrombocytopenia.The patient had been in excellent health until five and a half weeks earlier, when she began to have respiratory symptoms with fever that was unresponsive to antibiotics. A physician found murmurs and pedal edema. A cardiac ultrasonographic examination showed a left ventricular ejection fraction of 35 to 40 percent, without evidence of valvular disease. One day later, she was admitted to another hospital because of worsening symptoms and anterior chest pain. An electrocardiogram revealed ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities, and there was . . .
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Rennke et al. (1999) conducted a case report in Acute renal failure and thrombocytopenia (n=1). A 54-year-old woman presented with acute renal failure, thrombocytopenia, and respiratory symptoms with fever unresponsive to antibiotics, accompanied by reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.
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