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drvasu1582 · Credits: 290 My Scrapbook

A 8 month old child admitted in casuality dept. with a history of recurrent hematemesis from the past 3 days ......on examination baby was very pale, altered conciousness,no h/o fever. on palpation of abdomen there was hapatomegaly of 2 inches below costal margin,no petechiae on skin or mucous membrane , child was afebrile,...............the child was managed by ringer lactate as there was poor pulse ,then blood transfusion,then was given 3rd gen . cephalosporin. but with in 18 hrs . the child was dead inspite of rescuscitation.....though there was no hematemesis after admission..............what could have been the cause of hematemesis in that child??? and what could have been the cause of death?

new_doc · Credits: 5995 My Scrapbook My Reading List 17 Books

could it be portal hypertension????n died due to hepatic encephalopathy??
whts the answer?

jayanta · Credits: 36224 My Scrapbook My Reading List 45 Books

VASU,
IT SEEMS TO BE PORTAL HYPERTENSION.
WHAT IS THE ANSWER GIVEN?

drvasu1582 · Credits: 290 My Scrapbook

hey its actually a case which v got it in our hospital.............well although it could be portal htn, but my head of depd. was suspecting it to be acute lymphoblastic leukemia..............

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