Secondary hemochromatosis as a result of acute transfusion-induced iron overload in a burn patient

BACKGROUND: Red blood cell transfusions are critical in burn management. The subsequent iron overload that can occur from this treatment can lead to secondary hemochromatosis with multi-organ damage. CASE PRESENTATION: While well recognized in patients receiving chronic transfusions, we present a ca...

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Autores principales: Amatto, Michael, Acharya, Hernish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27574680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41038-016-0034-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27574680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41038-016-0034-z

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