TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful lysis of bilateral renal vein thrombosis following neonatal truncus repair
AU - Prabhu, Sudesh
AU - Ramakrishnan, Karthik
AU - Alphonso, Nelson
AU - McCaffery, Kevin
AU - Anderson, Ben
AU - Karl, Tom
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is the most common noncatheter-related thrombosis encountered in infancy, most of which occurs in neonates. The optimal management strategy for neonatal RVT is unclear. Fibrinolytic and heparin therapy may play a role in preventing chronic renal failure in neonates with bilateral RVT. However, the use of fibrinolytics early after any major surgery requires tremendous caution. In this report, we describe the successful use of fibrinolysis in a neonate with bilateral RVT after repair of truncus arteriosus in the early postoperative period.
AB - Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) is the most common noncatheter-related thrombosis encountered in infancy, most of which occurs in neonates. The optimal management strategy for neonatal RVT is unclear. Fibrinolytic and heparin therapy may play a role in preventing chronic renal failure in neonates with bilateral RVT. However, the use of fibrinolytics early after any major surgery requires tremendous caution. In this report, we describe the successful use of fibrinolysis in a neonate with bilateral RVT after repair of truncus arteriosus in the early postoperative period.
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U2 - 10.1177/2150135114553477
DO - 10.1177/2150135114553477
M3 - Article
C2 - 25548357
AN - SCOPUS:84939445160
SN - 2150-1351
VL - 6
SP - 115
EP - 118
JO - World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
JF - World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
IS - 1
ER -