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Characteristics of sickle cell patients with frequent emergency department visits and hospitalizations

Vaso-occlusive episodes (VOEs) are a hallmark of sickle cell disease (SCD), and account for >90% of health care encounters for this patient population. The Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease, a large study enrolling >3000 patients, showed that the majority of SCD patients (80%) experienc...

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Autores principales: Kidwell, Kyle, Albo, Camila, Pope, Michael, Bowman, Latanya, Xu, Hongyan, Wells, Leigh, Barrett, Nadine, Patel, Niren, Allison, Amy, Kutlar, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7899345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33617594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247324