HAVoc on Red Cells: An Unusual Case of Hypoxia Complicated by Severe Hemolysis with an Underlying Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Viral Hepatitis A Infection

A. His initial liver function tests showed worsening coagulopathy, transaminitis, and jaundice.He was managed conservatively by the department of gastroenterology there; despite improvement in LFTs, he developed hypoxia and had increasing oxygen case descrIptIonA 31-year-old guy arrived with a history of a 2-week high-grade fever and a 10-day period of yellowish discoloration in his eyes and urine.In addition, he experienced vomiting and dull, exhausting discomfort in the right hypochondrium and epigastric area.He was initially treated at another center and was diagnosed with hepatitis 1,