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Acute Chest Syndrome, Avascular Necrosis of Femur, and Pulmonary Embolism All at Once: An Unexpected Encounter in the First-Ever Admission of a Sickle Cell Patient
Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is defined as the radiological appearance of pulmonary infiltrates with fever or respiratory symptoms like chest pain, breathlessness, and cough in a patient with sickle cell disease (SCD). It is also a very common cause of mortality in sickle cell patients, if not identif...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489536/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34650844 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17656 |