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Jaques Sztajnbok1, Ceila Maria Sant'Ana Malaque1, Camila Hitomi Nihei1
1Intensive Care Unit, Infectious Diseases Institute Emílio Ribas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
A 43-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit and diagnosed with yellow fever. He presented with refractory bleeding, extreme hyperferritinemia, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, requiring renal replacement therapy, mechanical ventilation, and treatment with vasoactive drugs. Because the bleeding did not respond to fresh-frozen plasma administration, the patient received therapeutic plasma exchange, which was accompanied by a marked improvement of the clinical and biochemical parameters, including a significant decline in serum ferritin levels.
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