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. 2018 May 11;115(19):327–334. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0327

eTable 2. ADAMTS13 activity >10%: atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, secondary hemolytic uremic syndrome / thrombotic microangiopathy.

Indication for continued plasmapheresis should be rigorously examined Discontinue plasmapheresis
Very rare HUS form
(e.g. for children <1 year)
Complement-mediated HUS Infections Autoimmune diseases Drug-induced TMA Disseminated
cancer
Malignant
hypertension
DGKE
mutations
Atypical hemolytic
uremic syndrome
TA-TMA HIV, CMV,
influenza H1N1,
parvovirus B19
SLE, catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), ANCA pos. vasculitis, MPGN Dose dependent, endothelial cell damage Dose independent, antibody mediated Prostate, breast, or lung cancer with bone marrow carcinomatosis, intravascular tumor cells Known hypertension, echocardiography: hypertensive heart disease
Plasminogen
mutations
Elavated sC5b-9,
anti-CFH Ab
PBSCT,
organ transplantation
Cobalamin
defect
Mutations:
C3, factor H,
factor I, factor B,
thrombomodulin
Rarely:
ADAMTS13 reduced
Mitomycin C,
gemcitabine,
bevacicumab,
calcineurin-inhibitors
Chinidin, oxaliplatin, ticlopidin
No standard therapy is available Eculizumab Discontinue
calcineurin inhibitors
Antiviral therapy
(e.g.. HAART)
CAPS:
anticoagulation,
plasmapheresis
Discontinue medication Treatment of the
underlying disease
Antihypertensive
therapy
Cobalamin defect:
Vitamin B12
substitution
Anti-CFH positive:
additional plasmapheresis
(Eculizumab
off-label use)
If ADAMTS13 antibodies are detected: therapy as for aTTP SLE:
immunosuppression
If ADAMTS13 antibodies are detected:
therapy as for aTTP

ADAMTS13: a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13; ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; aTTP: immune-mediated, acquired thrombotic-thrombocytopenic purpura; CAPS: catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome;

CFH: complement factor H; CMV: cytomegalovirus; DGKE: diacylglycerol kinase; HAART: highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; HUS: hemolytic uremic syndrome; MPGN: membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis;

PBSCT: peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; TA-TMA: transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy; TMA: thrombotic microangiopathy