The complete blood count and reticulocyte count - Are they necessary in the evaluation of acute vasoocclusive sickle-cell crisis?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 751-757

  Lopez, Bernard L ^a,b   Griswold, Sharon K ^a   Navek, Anke ^a   Urbanski, Linda ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CBC; complete blood count; decision making; emergency department; laboratory test; reticulocyte count; sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS;

EID: 0029785178     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03510.x     Document Type: Article

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