Treating a Patient with Your Hands Tied: Acute Chest Syndrome in a Jehovah’s Witness

Acute chest syndrome (ACS), a vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell anemia, is a life-threatening condition and a leading cause of death in these patients. It is treated with analgesics, antibiotics, intravenous fluid, supplemental oxygen (or ventilatory support in severe cases) with si...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vadehra, Deepak, Davino, Tammy, Datta, Debapriya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7243639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461845
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7769

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7243639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32461845
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7769

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