All are features of haemolytic uremic syndrome, except-
Correct Answer: Neuro psychiatric disturbances
Description: Ans. is 'd' i.e., neuropsychiatric manifestations Hyperkalemia is seen in hemolytic urenic syndrome as a result of renal failure. ABOUT NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS o Neurological manifestations are used to distinguish between Hemolytic uremic syndrome and Thrombotic Throm bocytopenic Purpura. o H.U.S. is distinguished from T.T.P by the absence of neurological symptoms and the prominence of acute renal failure. o Recent studies, however have tended to blurr these clinical distinctions. Many adult patients with "T. T.P. lack one or more of the five criteria and patients with "HUS" have fever and neurological dysfunction.
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