Successful outcome of three patients with sickle‐cell disease and fat embolism syndrome treated with intensive exchange transfusion

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a rare complication of sickle‐cell disease (SCD) associated with extremely high mortality rates. It affects predominantly non‐SS patients and those with previously mild disease. Rapid institution of exchange transfusion with an aim to reduce HbS to very low levels as s...

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Autores principales: Greaves, Paul, Mathew, Vivek, Peters, Catherine, Rowe, Susan, Amos, Roger J., Tsitsikas, Dimitris A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5224784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28096988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.727

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5224784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28096988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.727

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