D59.3Dagger codeAsterisk code

Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome

Acquired haemolytic anaemia

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GuidelinesAnaemia, HaemolyticDescription General Measures Medicine Treatment Referral/Consultation D55.0-3/D55.8-9/D56.0-4/D56.8-9/D58.0-2/D58.8-9/D59.0-6/D59.8-9 DESCRIPTION Anaemia due to destruction of red blood cells. Destruction may be due to: Extracellular factors such as auto-immunity or mechanical factors, e.g. disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), hypersplenism, mechanical heart valves. Abnormalities of the
GuidelinesThrombotic Thrombocytopaenic Purpura/Haemolytic Uraemic SyndromeDescription Diagnostic criteria Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: M31.1/D59.3 DESCRIPTION An acute syndrome that presents with diarrhoea/dysentery (although diarrhoea-negative cases are increasingly recognised) with varying combinations of the following: Non-immune microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia with fragmentation haemolysis (schistocytes), thrombocytopenia often with purpura, a
GuidelinesThrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura-Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (TTP-HUS)Description Medicine Treatment Referral D59.3 + (M31.1) DESCRIPTION Acute syndromes with abnormalities in multiple organ systems and evidence of micro-angiopathic haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia. This condition presents with varying combinations of the following (only some of which may be present): Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia, often with purpura but not usuall