Misdiagnosis: Acute Chest Syndrome That Evolved into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a Patient without a Documented History of Hemoglobinopathy

Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a feared complication of sickle cell disease. Here is a case of a patient who presented with symptoms suggestive of acute chest syndrome yet had a delayed diagnosis presumably due to the lack of documented history of sickle cell disease of the patient, consequently evol...

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Autores principales: Sossou, Christoph, Chika-Nwosuh, Ogechukwu, Nnaoma, Christopher, Bustillo, Jose, Chohan, Asad, Okundaye, Etinosasere, Patel, Pratik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6378019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30853992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/2893056

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