Haemorrhagic shock-encephalopathy syndrome: plasmapheresis as a therapeutic approach

1 January 1987

journal article
case report
Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Pediatrics

Vol. 146 (1) , 83-85
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00647296

Abstract

We present the case of a 4.5-week-old boy with acute encephalopathy, shock, intestinal bleeding and disseminated intravascular coagulation. The clinical course and typical laboratory parameters were compatible with a diagnosis of haemorrhagic shock-encephalopathy syndrome (HSE). Immediate shock treatment, repeated haemodialysis and plasmapheresis did not prevent a fatal outcome 4 days after the onset of clinical symptoms.

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