Polycythaemia and hypertension caused by renal artery stenosis

被引:11
作者
Coulthard, MG
Lamb, WH
机构
[1] Royal Victoria Infirm, Dept Paediat Nephrol, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP, Tyne & Wear, England
[2] Bishop Aukland Gen Hosp, Durham DL14 6AD, England
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10.1136/adc.86.4.307
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R72 [儿科学];
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100202 ;
摘要
A girl with failure to thrive and a haemoglobin of 140 g/l at 1.3 years died from a brain haemorrhage 2.5 years later. Renal artery stenosis had caused severe, chronic hypertension and increased erythropoietin secretion (haemoglobin 182 g/l). Blood pressure should be measured in all unwell children, including those failing to thrive.
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