A case of leptospirosis with acute respiratory failure and acute kidney injury treated with simultaneous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and haemoperfusion

A 47-year-old man with a recent history of wading in floodwaters presented with a 1-week history of cough, myalgia, conjunctival suffusion and decreasing urine output. The patient had uraemia, hypotension, leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, elevated liver enzymes and oliguria. His condition quickly wor...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Chavez, Joselito R, Danguilan, Romina A, Arakama, Melhatra I, Garcia, Joann Kathleen Ginete, So, Rizza, Chua, Eric
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Novel Treatment (New Drug/Intervention; Established Drug/Procedure in New Situation)
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6557536/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31147412
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-229582
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