Síndrome hemolítico urémico en Chile: presentación clínica, evolución y factores pronósticos

A cohort of 587 patients aged 2 to 8 years, 48% males, wasanalyzed. Ninety two percent had diarrhea. At the moment of diagnosis, anuria was observed in39% of the patients, hypertension in 45% and seizures in 17%. Forty two percent required renalreplacement therapy (RRT) and peritoneal dialysis was used in the majority of cases (78%). The mostfrequently isolated etiological agent was Escherichia coli. Mortality rate was 2.9% in the acute phaseof the disease and there was a positive correlation between mortality and anuria, seizures, whiteblood cell count (WCC) >20.000/mm