Severe Acute Chest Syndrome in a Sickle Cell Patient That Required Repeated Exchange Transfusion

Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). ACS usually presents in a more severe form in adults older than 20 years. High clinical suspicion should be maintained in SCD patients who presents with painful crises. This c...

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Autores principales: Saleh, Mohammed, Asemota, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7929936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33680608
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13066