Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2021)

Respiratory failure and shock in an infant with severe anemia

  • Shannon C. Walker,
  • Meaghan Ransom,
  • Shawn Sood,
  • Jennifer Andrews,
  • Christine M. Smith

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4852
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Patients with severe anemia can present with non‐specific symptoms, including shock and respiratory distress. Ensuring a rapid, targeted workup is initiated and providing prompt transfusions as necessary are critical for both diagnostic success and clinical improvement.

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