How Can You Explain This Patient's Thrombocytopenia During Hemodialysis?

摘要

The patient had a blood pressure of 198/116 mm Hg, a heart rate of 91 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 14 breaths per minute, and an oral temperature of 98°F. The physical examination was significant for a prominent S2 sound and a point of maximum impulse slightly displaced to the left. The patient had no abdominal organomegaly on palpation.