Role of Heparin Therapy in the Outcome of Adult Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

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Abstract
Intravenous heparin therapy was associated with complete recovery of renal function in a young woman who developed adult hemolytic uremic syndrome while taking oral contraceptive agents. No controlled study is yet available but a review of an additional 36 reported patients who fulfill adequate criteria for the diagnosis of adult hemolytic uremic syndrome suggests that consideration should be given to a trial of heparin therapy in patients with this syndrome in whom renal biopsy shows recoverable glomeruli in the presence of persistent severe impairment of renal function.

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