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Repeated large-dose haptoglobin therapy in an extensively burned patient: case report
H Imaizumi1, K Tsunoda, N Ichimiya
1Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The case of a 24-year-old man who sustained a 100% body surface area burn and inhalation injury is presented. Hemoglobinuria reappeared 2 hours after haptoglobin was first administered. In addition to individualized fluid resuscitation and plasma administration, a large dose of haptoglobin was repeatedly administered while we monitored for occult blood in the centrifuged urine. As a result, postburn shock and acute renal failure were prevented.