Meeting
Abstract Number: 612
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 68-year-old female with a history of CKD IV and chronic iron deficiency anemia who was admitted for symptoms of generalized weakness and found to be in hypovolemic shock from a suspected GI bleed. The hospital course was complicated by a left MCA stroke. During the initial workup, […]
Abstract Number: 760
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) refers to mechanical hemolytic anemia characterized by schistocytes on peripheral smear (PS). It is seen in various conditions such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), infections and immune disorders. Rarely, it can occur in malignant tumors as a paraneoplastic syndrome. We describe […]